Leon Levy (1926–2003) founded the mutual fund manager Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. in 1959. In 1982 he sold Oppenheimer to the U.K.'s Mercantile House for $162 million and founded Odyssey Partners , a private investment partnership.

External links

• Forbes.com: Leon Levy Dies At 77
• Forbes.com: Forbes 400 Richest in America 2002
• Challenge: How vulnerable is Wall Street? - interview with Leon ... - Nov-Dec, 1998