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Jack Dreyfus was born on 28 August, 1913 in Montgomery, Alabama, is an American businessman. Discover Jack Dreyfus'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 96 years old?

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Occupation Stockbroker
Age 96 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 28 August, 1913
Birthday 28 August
Birthplace Montgomery, Alabama
Date of death 2009
Died Place Manhattan, New York
Nationality United States

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Who Is Jack Dreyfus's Wife?

His wife is Joan Personette

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Parents Ida Lewis & Jonas Dreyfus
Wife Joan Personette
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Children John

Jack Dreyfus Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jack Dreyfus worth at the age of 96 years old? Jack Dreyfus’s income source is mostly from being a successful businessman. He is from United States. We have estimated Jack Dreyfus's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1913

John J. Dreyfus Jr. (August 28, 1913 – March 27, 2009) was an American financial expert and the founder of the Dreyfus Funds.

Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Dreyfus was a graduate of Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.

He is widely publicized for being the man who "invented" the commonplace mutual fund through direct marketing to the public.

His early television commercials featuring a lion emerging from the Wall Street subway station were successful.

According to Barron's Magazine end of Century issue, Jack Dreyfus was considered the 2nd most significant money manager of the last century.

1939

Dreyfus married in 1939 Joan Personette, from whom he was divorced; they had one child, John (Jonny).

1960

Dreyfus established the noted Hobeau Farm in Ocala, Florida, in the early 1960s where he bred, trained and raced Thoroughbred racehorses.

The 2200 acre property was the center of his racing operation.

1962

In 1962, Dreyfus hired Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer Allen Jerkens as head trainer.

Among his noted horses and victories were Beau Purple, which defeated Kelso in the Man o' War Stakes at Belmont Park in October 1962; Handsome Boy, which defeated Buckpasser in the Brooklyn Handicap in July 1967; Blessing Angelica, which won the Delaware Handicap in 1971 and 1972; Onion, which defeated Secretariat in the Whitney Stakes in August 1973; and Prove Out, which defeated Secretariat in the Woodward Stakes in September 1973.

Hobeau Farm would continue to see success until Dreyfus' passing and onwards.

1966

Dreyfus became something of a public activist and proponent for the use of Phenytoin, an anticonvulsant, for the treatment of several mental health disorders; Dreyfus was not a doctor but claimed that the drug, which was prescribed to him in 1966, had alleviated his depression and chronic anxiety; after this, Dreyfus became a very vocal proponent for the research and clinical use of Phenytoin in these and other mental health diseases.

He authored a book titled A Remarkable Medicine Has Been Overlooked which he published and distributed with his own money (spending up to US$70 million) and had the book sent for free to hundreds of doctors.

In his role as a Phenytoin proponent, Dreyfus is known to have recommended the drug to Richard Nixon and it has also been said that on at least two occasions Dreyfus provided thousands of Phenytoin pills to him during his presidency to be used as a sedative and antidepressant after Dreyfus profusely praised the drug while he dined in Bebe Rebozo's compound with Nixon who, intrigued, supposedly asked Dreyfus for the drug, who complied.

1976

He was voted the 1976 Eclipse Award of Merit, Thoroughbred racing's highest honor presented to an individual or entity displaying outstanding lifetime achievement in, and service to, the Thoroughbred industry.

1995

Jack Dreyfus wrote and published his autobiography titled The Two Lives of Jack Dreyfus--The Lion of Wall Street (1995).

He was a proponent of Phenytoin all his life and he also had his autobiography bound together with his previous work, A Remarkable Medicine Has Been Overlooked.

2001

This is a claim that was most prominently raised by Irish journalist Anthony Summers who published an unauthorized biography of Nixon titled Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon in 2001 in which he raised these allegations; however, the claims that Dreyfus provided Nixon with Phenytoin who consumed them while in office have been fiercely disputed by historians and former colleagues of Nixon.

2005

He sold the property (reduced to 1,830 acres) in February 2005 for $12,750,000

Jack Dreyfus was Chairman of the New York Racing Association.

2009

Dreyfus died on March 27, 2009.

2019

His paternal grandfather was a first cousin of Alfred Dreyfus, the protagonist of the French 19th-century anti-Semitic scandal known as the Dreyfus affair.