Disque Deane
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Disque Deane is a prominent American financier and investor. He is the founder of, and a general partner in Starrett City Associates, which owns Starrett City in Brooklyn. Deane is a former partner at Lazard, the investment bank.
Deane was also a founder of Corporate Property Investors which sold the General Motors building to Donald Trump and Conseco Insurance for $878 million in 1998. [1]
Other positions held by Disque Deane include President of GTL Bolivia, Chairman of The Deane Group, private merchant bankers, and Bolfarm S.R.L, a large Bolivian industrial agricultural company.
Deane was graduated from Duke University in 1943. He has held senior positions and directorships at Eastman Dillon Union Securities, RCA Corporation, and Sun Chemical. He is a Trustee of Duke University and Chairman of the Deane Laboratory at Duke University.