Russell William Galbut is an American lawyer, CPA, real estate developer and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Crescent Heights, a real estate development company.
Early life
Galbut was born to a Jewish family in Miami Beach, Florida circa 1953. His paternal grandparents, Abraham and Bessie Galbut, settled in Miami Beach in 1931 where they opened a 24-hour drugstore-restaurant which became the go-to place for local politicians. and as a city commissioner. In 1974, he graduated from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University. ==Career==
Career
Galbut started his career at Laventhol & Horwath, an accounting firm which went bankrupt in 1990. and is a member of the American Arbitration Association. The Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce awarded Galbut the Champion of Business Award in 2014. ==Philanthropy==
Philanthropy
Galbut serves as the chairman of Colel Chabad, a non-profit organization which runs soup kitchens in Israel. Galbut serves on the advisory board of the Center for Real Estate and Finance in the School of Hotel Administration at his alma mater, Cornell University. ==Personal life==
Personal life
Galbut resides in South Beach, a neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida. His father-in-law, Seymour "Sy" Joseph Eisenberg, who died in 2021, was a City of Miami Beach commissioner. ==References==