Robert Benjamin
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Robert Benjamin

American lawyer (1909–1979)

Robert Saul Benjamin (1909 – October 22, 1979) was a founding partner of the movie-litigation firm Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, a former co‐chairman of United Artists, and a founding member of Orion Pictures.2

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Born 1909, died Oct 22, 1979.1

Companies

Career

Occupation: lawyer.4

Benjamin, along with his longtime friend and partner Arthur B. Krim, took over United Artists in 1951. The deal that they struck with then-owners Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford was that if the company showed a profit in any one of the first three years of their management, the two would be able to purchase a 50% share of the company for one dollar.

The Krim-Benjamin team quickly showed a profit, and they bought out Chaplin and Pickford to own the company outright in 1955. In 1957, they took the company public.

In 1975 Benjamin was a senior adviser to the United States delegation to the United Nations.

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Personal life

  • DiedOct 22, 1979, Manhasset5

Robert Benjamin married Jean Kortright. They had two kids, Jonathan and Margret.

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Awards

  • 1980Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award6 7

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