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Birth Name:

Leon Shimkin

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Apr 07, 1907

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Age:

117

Zodiac Sign:

Aries

Astrology Data:

Sun

16°

Ari

43'

About Leon Shimkin

Leon Shimkin (April 7, 1907 – May 25, 1988) was an American businessman who helped to build Simon & Schuster into a major publishing company. Shimkin was responsible for many self-help bestsellers turning Dale Carnegie's lectures into the bestselling book How to Win Friends and Influence People and J.K. Lasser's tax books. Shimkin co-founded Pocket Books and was a pioneer by distributing mass market paperbacks through newsstands and drugstores. Shimkin became the third partner to Simon & Schuster's Max Schuster and Richard L. Simon and remained as an executive after Simon & Schuster was sold to Field Enterprises, Inc. in 1944. Shimkin rose to become chairman of the board and owner of Simon & Schuster until he sold it to Gulf + Western in 1975.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Leon Shimkin: Sun 16 Aries, Moon 13 Aquarius, Mercury 20 Pisces, Venus 6 Pisces, Mars 2 Capricorn, Jupiter 3 Cancer, Saturn 21 Pisces, Uranus 12 Capricorn, Neptune 9 Cancer, Pluto 21 Gemini, Sun Square Uranus, Mercury Conjunct Saturn, Mercury Square Pluto, Venus Sextile Mars, Venus Trine Jupiter, Venus Trine Neptune, Mars Opposition Jupiter, Jupiter Conjunct Neptune, Saturn Square Pluto, Uranus Opposition Neptune

Categories related to Leon Shimkin: 1988 deaths, April 7 births, New York University alumni, American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent, American book publishers (people), 1907 births, Simon & Schuster books