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Founder of Hartz Mountain Industries [1], Leonard N. Stern oversees operations of the extensive Hartz real estate portfolio as chairman and CEO. Under his forty plus years of leadership, Hartz has built and currently owns over 38 million square feet of office, industrial, hotel and retail properties in over 200 buildings, including major developments on the New Jersey' Hudson River waterfront, in the New Jersey Meadowlands, and Manhattan. In addition to its property operations Hartz has an active and growing financial operation.

Wealth development

Inheritance

Stern's initial wealth was inherited from his father, Max Stern, who died in the early 1980s. Noahs Pet Supplies Sells Bird Supplies, Bird Feed, Cages and Bird Supply from Noah's Pet Supplies. Max Stern was the German-born vice-chairman of the Board of Trustees of Yeshiva University for whom its Stern College for Women was named. He had emigrated from Weimar Germany to the U. S. in the 1920s after his textile business proved unprofitable, bringing along 2,100 canaries from Germany to sell on the U. S. Bird Supplies. market. By selling caged birds, bird cages and other pet bird supplies to U. S. pet owners through Woolworth's stores over the next 30 years, Stern's father built up the family business: Hartz Mountain. The business was named after the Harz Mountains of Germany. since 1952.