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Charles Luckman was born on 16 May, 1909 in Kansas City, Missouri, US, is an American businessman architect (1909–1999). Discover Charles Luckman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?

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Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 16 May, 1909
Birthday 16 May
Birthplace Kansas City, Missouri, US
Date of death 1999
Died Place Los Angeles, California
Nationality United States

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1909

Charles Luckman (May 16, 1909 – January 26, 1999) was an American businessman, property developer, and architect known for designing landmark buildings in the United States such as the Theme Building, Prudential Tower, Madison Square Garden, and The Forum.

Charles Luckman was born on May 16, 1909, in Kansas City, Missouri, to an immigrant family, his father came from Germany and his mother from Yugoslavia.

At age nine, he began selling newspapers outside the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City at Eleventh and Baltimore.

Luckman recalls that, after the second or third week he was working at the newsstand, he asked a woman passing by about what the "pretty lights" hanging down the ceiling were called.

She told the young Luckman that they were called chandeliers.

He then asked a second question to the same woman on who decided to place them.

She responds, "An architect. He designs the hotel and says to put the chandeliers there."

Luckman wrote in his memoir, "Right then and there I decided to become an architect."

1920

In 1920, Luckman found work as a stock boy in the men's furnishings department at a Jones Store Company.

He later went on as a junior salesman for about a year before moving to various departments over time.

There, he learned crucial knowledges in business, which would later help him in the future.

When reflecting back, Luckman stated that the most vital lessons he learned from were the result of people, because he had a "natural interest in studying what motivates people."

Luckman attended Kansas City's Northeast High School for all four years.

1925

He joined the high school debate team, was elected class president during his senior year, and voted "Most Likely to Succeed; the latter which he detested. Following graduation in 1925, and a stint in a Kansas City Junior Engineering College, he took a job as a draftsman at an architect's office in Chicago. He was awarded a full scholarship to the University of Missouri, but he declined it because the school did not offer a degree in architecture. Instead, Luckman would attend at the University of Illinois where he studied architecture.

1931

Luckman graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois in 1931 with a bachelor's degree in architecture.

At the same time, Luckman was licensed to practice architecture after being sent a letter from the Illinois Board of Examiners.

Lacking professional opportunities in architecture as a result of the Great Depression, Luckman joined at Colgate-Palmolive-Peet as a draftsman in the advertising department.

He later transferred to sales.

Luckman achieved impressive gains in the sales of his company's soap on Chicago's South Side, which earned him a reputation as a superb salesman and set the stage for a remarkable rise in the business world.

1935

In 1935, Luckman became sales manager for Pepsodent, where his marketing techniques were credited with quadrupling profits.

This came about when his boss from Colgate became account executive at Albert Lasker's Lord & Thomas advertising agency.

He recommended Luckman for sales manager at Pepsodent.

1937

When he was 27, Time magazine called him the "Boy Wonder of American business" in 1937.

1938

By 1938, he made himself vice-president and general manager of Pepsodent.

1939

He was named the "Boy Wonder of American Business" by Time magazine when president of the Pepsodent toothpaste company in 1939.

Through acquisition, he later became president of Lever Brothers.

1944

The next major step in Luckman's career occurred in 1944, when Lever Brothers acquired Pepsodent for $10 million.

Luckman continued as president of Pepsodent and became a vice-president of Lever Brothers.

1946

In 1946, Luckman became president of Lever Brothers, making him one of the youngest head executives in the country.

This earned him a second cover on Time's June 10, 1946, issue.

1950

Luckman would later collaborate with William Pereira, in which the two would form their architectural firm, Pereira & Luckman, in 1950.

In 1950, Luckman left Lever Brothers.

1958

Pereira & Luckman would later dissolve by 1958, parting ways for both himself and Pereira.

Luckman would continue successfully with his own firm, Charles Luckman Associates.

Luckman retired from the firm, although he would still be present.

Aside from his business and architectural work, Luckman did public work that dates back during World War II.

He was appointed on the President's Committee on Civil Rights during the Truman administration, as well as being the chairman of the Citizens Food Committee and the Freedom Train; both of which helped out Europe.

As a result of his work in Europe, Luckman was honored with the Order of St. John, Legion of Honor and Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity.

Additionally, Luckman was an active supporter of public education.

1999

Luckman died on January 26, 1999, at his home in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 89.