| John Farber | |
| Birth Date: | 23 August 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Timișoara, Romania |
| Death Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | M.S. University of Cluj PhD Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn |
| Occupation: | Businessman Chemist |
| Children: | 4 |
John Farber (August 23, 1925 – February 26, 2024) was a Romanian-born American businessman and billionaire.
John Farber was born on August 23, 1925 in Timișoara, Romania.[1] [2] He was of Jewish descent.[3] His father Eugene founded a paint manufacturer, S.C. Azur S.A., in Timișoara, in 1923.[2] He graduated with a M.S. from University of Cluj in Romania.[1] [2] He emigrated from Romania after World War II after his father's company was nationalized first to Israel where he worked as a laboratory chemist[1] and then to the US in 1948 where he earned a PhD in chemistry from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.[1] [2] He accepted a position at his father-in-law's textiles export-import firm, the Leslie Kleyman Corporation, where he developed its chemical trading division.[2] Farber later became the controlling shareholder in company then renamed ICC Industries.[2]
Farber was married to Maya Kleyman Farber; they had four children; Sandra, Claudia, Michael, and Deborah.[1] [4] He and his wife lived in New York City. John Farber died there on February 26, 2024, at the age of 98.[5]
Per Forbes, he had a net worth of US$1.4 billion in April 2023.[6]