H. F. Lenfest

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H. F. "Gerry" Lenfest is a media entrepreneur and philanthropist. He received his BA from Washington and Lee University in 1953 and his LLB from Columbia Law School in 1958. He worked at the firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell before becoming associate counsel to Triangle Publications, Inc. in 1965. In 1970, he was named head the Communications Division at Triangle. He formed Lenfest Communications in 1974 and sold it to Comcast in 2000 for $6 billion.