Lynn Schusterman
Lynn Schusterman née Rothschild is an American philanthropist. She is the co-founder and chair of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, and founder of several other philanthropic initiatives including the Schusterman-Israel Foundation, the ROI Community and the Jerusalem Season of Culture.
- Lynn’s husband Charles Schusterman founded Samson Resources in 1971 and grew it until his death from leukemia in 2000.
- She sold the company to a KKR-led group for $7.2 billion in 2011.
- Of the Samson proceeds, $2.3 billion went to the Charles & Lynn Schusterman Foundation, devoted to Jewish charities and early childhood education.
