Jeffrey Feil

Feil was born to a Jewish family, the only son of Gertrude (née Cohen) and Louis Feil. His father first worked in the fur business before investing into real estate in the 1950s. His father's motto was "take care of your buildings and your buildings will take care of you." Feil graduated with a B.S. from the University of Cincinnati and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. ==Career==

In 1978, he joined The Feil Organization and after his father retired in 1988, he was running the organization. RCG Longview and the Feil Organization, would often partner together to complete transactions. In 2004, he was an investor in a group that purchased the 110-story Sears Tower in Chicago for $840 million with partners Joseph Moinian, Joseph Chetrit, and Lloyd Goldman, eventually changing the name to the Willis Tower in 2009. After the real estate crash of 2008–2009, and backed by the real estate held by the Feil Organization, he made several large and lucrative purchases. In 2010, he co-developed Bakery Square in Pittsburgh. As of 2013, the Feil Organization owns or manages over $7 billion in real estate spread over nine states including the Fred F. French Building and the General Electric Building. ==Philanthropy==

In 2011, Feil donated $3 million to the South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, New York to build a cancer center. The center was renamed The Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center at South Nassau Communities Hospital. Feil serves as a trustee for the Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medicine; Yeshiva University, and Brooklyn Law School. Also in 2013, Feil and his wife Lee donated $5 million to the Peconic Bay Medical Center to open an ambulatory care campus in Manorville, New York. It will be named The Gertrude and Louis Feil Campus for Ambulatory Care. ==Personal life==

Feil lives with his wife Eileen "Lee" Feil in Remsenburg, New York. ==References==