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Article: George Sommerfeld.
- Article from:
- On Wall Street
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice PresidentBurnham Securities Inc., and
Burnham Asset Management Corp.
Years in securities business: 41
My parents were born in Germany. When Hitler came to power, they had the foresight to leave. I was born in Prague. They were able to leave for the United States before the Nazis took over Czechoslovakia. Had they waited a few more months, we might have met a different fate.
I was almost four when we came to this country. We lived on the West Side of Manhattan, and I attended public schools. My father never worked for anyone. He started selling typewriters, but he saw a future in room air ...