Stephen Swid Bio, Family, Career, Wife, Net Worth, Height, Death

Stephen Swid was an American businessman, investor, and music licensing innovator. He had worked for several companies, an independent film distributor and the 21 Club. He was best known for transforming Sesac into a music industry influencer.

Additionally, he began his career as a Wall Street analyst and fund manager. He then teamed up with an associate, Marshall Cogan, and took over a series of businesses. However, the successful businessman died at the age of 78 on October 6, 2019 at his home in Bronx, New York. Additionally, his family reported that his death was caused by complications from frontotemporal degeneration.

STEPHEN SWID: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, CAREER

The entrepreneur was born on October 26, 1940 as Stephen Claar Swid in Manhattan, New York. He was born as the son of Dave and Selma Swid. Additionally, his father was a trucking executive who helped build the New England Thruway. He has an American nationality and belongs to a Jewish family.

Regarding his education, he graduated from Ohio State University. Subsequently, he became the founder and senior partner of an investment limited partnership, Swid Investors. At the time, he also became the general partner of the private management firm City Associates, a senior investment officer at Oppenheimer Funds and a securities analyst at the Dreyfus Fund.For twelve years, he was co-president and co-CEO of Knoll International. He then bought CBS in 1986, which would later become the start of SBK Entertainment World. Possibly he was chairman and CEO of the company from November 1986 to May 1989. He was also chairman and CEO of Westview Press (1990-1995) as well as Spin (1989-1997).

Apart from that, he was an active supporter of arts and education. He had served as a trustee of the Horace Mann School and executive vice chairman of the Lenox School Board of Trustees, both located in New York City. Additionally, he had also served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Executive and Financial Committee of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

STEPHEN SWID: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE

Regarding his personal life, he has not publicly revealed much information about his private affairs. However, it is known that he had married the artist Nan Swid. Together, they had welcomed three children: Jill, Robin and Scott. He has not been involved in any kind of rumors and controversies.

STEPHEN SWID: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Talking about his income, he had earned a lot of money from his career during his lifetime. At the time of his disappearance, he had an estimated net worth of around $3.5 billion from his businesses and was serving in different companies as Chairman and CEO.

It seems that he was not active on different social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook.

STEPHEN SWID: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The late businessman had a slim and well-built body which was 5ft 9in tall and weighed around 76kg. No information on his chest or waist measurements. He had white hair with hazel eyes.