Warren G. Lichtenstein is the head of Steel Partners, a hedge fund based in New York City

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 that focuses on deep value and activist investing.
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Mr. Lichtenstein attended Tulane University

Tulane University

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 and transferred before eventually graduating with his BA in economics from the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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. He also manages a charitable organization called Steel Partners Foundation that is a significant donor to the building of a first Jewish synagogue in Aspen, Colorado. He has a son from a former marriage.