Warren Lichtenstein

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rdf:langString Warren G. Lichtenstein (born 1965) is an American businessman and philanthropist. Lichtenstein is founder and executive chairman of Steel Partners Holdings L.P. (NYSE:SPLP), a global diversified holding company. He founded the company in 1990 at the age of 24 after beginning his career as an analyst at Para Partners, L.P. and then serving as an acquisition analyst at Ballantrae Partners, L.P. For the past 25 years, Steel Partners has grown from a private investment fund with two employees and assets of $600,000 into Steel Partners Holdings L.P., a company through its consolidated holdings employs 13,500 people in 155 plants and facilities in 20 countries with a combined revenue of more than $3.6 billion. He is chairman of Steel Partners LLC based in New York City. Lichtenstein is a former chairman of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., an American rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer. His tenure as Aerojet Chairman ended on June 30, 2022 by overwhelming share holder sentiment, a result of a proxy contest in which the then CEO, Eileen Drake, led a successful proxy campaign that removed Warren and all of his Steel Partner selected board members. "FORM 8-K Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders". 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-20.