Edward Lasker (businessman)

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Edward Lasker (May 15, 1912 – July 11, 1997) was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.

Biography

He was one of the three children of Flora Warner and her husband,

Edward Lasker graduated from Yale University in 1933. He then joined his father's advertising agency where he worked until 1942 when he joined the U.S. Navy and served in the Pacific. In 1935, he married Gimbels department-store heiress Caral Gimbel (daughter of Bernard Gimbel),^[3] but the marriage ended in divorce and Caral wed baseball star Hank Greenberg in 1946.

After the war (by which time his father had left the advertising business), Edward Lasker moved to the West Coast of the United States where he became a film producer in Hollywood. In 1947, Lasker married actress Jane Greer with whom he had three children: Alex and Lawrence Lasker (both screenwriters and producers) and Steven Lasker. In 1963, Lasker married Cynthia Stone Palmer.

In 1929, Lasker became involved in

Edward Lasker died in Los Angeles on July 11, 1997, aged 85.

References

Sources

• Ingham, John N. Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders (1983)
  ISBN 978-0-313-23910-6

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