542:). This is a nonprofit media company focused on the future of work and how corporations, governments, nonprofits, and educational institutions are working to close the job skills jap that is threatening to disrupt our economy. Solomon co-founded and was Chairman of The Careyes Clinic in Jalisco, Mexico. The clinic serves approximately 7000 people in the local community and other surrounding areas. He has also been on the Board of The Jeffrey Modell Foundation in New York for the past 30 years.
175:(UA) in 1956 at the age of 18, loading films on trucks destined for theatres in New York and New Jersey, while attending the NYU School of Commerce (now Stern School of Business). In January 1960 at age 21, UA sent him to Panama to open the Central American territory for American films, traveling to Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Salvador. A year later he was assigned to Bogota, Colombia and when he was 24 he became manager of Peru and Bolivia, where he lived for two years.
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124:(born January 20, 1938) is an American businessman, and entertainment executive. Solomon's career spans more than 55 years in the media and content distribution business. He is the founder, chairman and president of several publicly and privately held companies. Solomon has founded or sits on the board of philanthropic organizations benefiting education, public health, and the arts.
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