A. Alfred Taubman

Adolph Alfred Taubman was an American real estate developer and philanthropist who became a billionaire by building shopping mall developer Taubman Centers into a retailing powerhouse.

Taubman was born in Pontiac, Michigan on January 31, 1924 to Jewish immigrants Fannie Ester Blustin and Philip Taubman. His parents came to the United States from Biaystok, in northeastern Poland. His mother was his fathers second cousin. Philip took a job with the Wilson Foundry Company in Iowa, transferred to Pontiac in 1920, became a fruit farmer, then began developing commercial real estate and custom homes.

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