Spencer Trask
Financier, Organization founder
1844 – 1909
Who was Spencer Trask?
Spencer Trask was an American financier, philanthropist, and venture capitalist. Beginning in the 1870s, Trask began investing and supporting entrepreneurs, including Thomas Edison's invention of the electric light bulb and his electricity network. In 1896 he reorganized the New York Times, becoming its majority shareholder and chairman.
Along with his financial acumen, Trask was a generous philanthropist, a leading patron of the arts, a strong supporter of education, and a champion of humanitarian causes. His gifts to his alma mater, Princeton University, set a lecture series in his name that still continues to this day. He was also an initial trustee of the Teachers' College and St. Stephen's College.
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- Born
- Sep 18, 1844
Brooklyn - Spouses
- Katrina Trask
(1874/11/12 - 1909/12/31)
- Katrina Trask
- Religion
- Episcopal Church
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
- Died
- Dec 31, 1909
Croton-on-Hudson
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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