Leon Shimkin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American businessman, book publisher
Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1907
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of Death: 25-May-1988
Profession: publisher
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
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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