Rudin family

The New York City real estate empire run by the Rudin family dates back to 1905, when Lithuanian-born Louis Rudinsky bought his first building on East 54th Street. Today, seven of his descendants (with the Anglicized surname "Rudin") own and manage 16 office properties and 18 apartment buildings in prime Manhattan locations. The patriarch's son, Samuel Rudin, and his brothers founded Rudin Management Company in 1924 to oversee the family's growing portfolio. Samuel's sons, Jack and Lewis, joined the company after World War II and took over in 1975; Jack is the company chairman. Lewis's son William Rudin is CEO, and along with cousin Eric Rudin, co-vice chairman. In all, around 30 family members spanning three generations have ownership interests in the properties. The Rudins are partnering with Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer and his family on The Greenwich Lane, a "green" luxury condo development slated to open in Manhattan in September 2015. William Rudin chairs the Association for a Better New York, the civic group his father founded during the city's fiscal crisis in 1971. Read Less