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immigrants who were running a pawn shop in Salt Lake City when he was born. In 1927, he started a chain of hosiery stores, but it ultimately failed. He then built a large retail company called Petrie Stores, which operated over 1700 discount women's clothing stores under various names, Petries, Three
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Petrie was known for large contributions to educational and cultural institutions in New York. The
Carroll and Milton Petrie European Sculpture Court at the
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in New York City. At his death, he left $ 300–400 million to establish the
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Petrie was married to Yetta
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Sisters, Jean Nicole, Rave, Stuarts, Winkleman's, Marianne's and G & G. In 1977, his $ 10 million investment in a consortium organized by
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for less than a dollar per share. His stake grew to 38% percent of the company and was worth $ 1.5 billion at the time of his death.
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and three-times-married, Carroll McDaniel
Portago Carey-Hughes Pistell Petrie. She was the ex-wife of the Spanish race car driver
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on the wall of the cathedral's south bell tower. He also gave millions more to the
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New York Times: "Hebrew Union's Temple Gets a New-Style Ark" By GRACE GLUECK
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returned $ 100 million. In 1987, he began to acquire shares in
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