Billionaire Jerry Zucker, 58
Posted: Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 4:08 amJerry Zucker, a Charleston billionaire, a prolific inventor and a noted philanthropist, died Saturday at his home after a battle with cancer.
Forbes magazine often listed Zucker, 58, among the wealthiest Americans and the magazine placed his company, InterTech Group, on its list of the country’s largest private firms. …
In October, Forbes reported Zucker’s net worth exceeded $1 billion, but it wasn’t enough to land him on the magazine’s 2007 list of America’s richest people. He had made the list in past years. …
Zucker’s first major invention came as a high school science project: A Revolutionary Phase Factor for Colinear Electromagnetic Waves. The technology was used as part of the first lunar landing module. He went on to create more than 350 inventions that led to patents and commercially successful products. … Read full obituary
