Craig Hatkoff

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Craig M. Hatkoff (b. 19 March 1954) is an American real estate investor and philanthropist from New York City. Along with his wife Jane Rosenthal and Robert DeNiro, he co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Institute in 2002.

Hatkoff is the co-founder of Capital Trust.

He has also authored multiple children's books including Owen & Mzee: The True Story Of A Remarkable Friendship which describes the friendship between a tortoise and an orphaned hippopotamus in Tansania after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Other works include Good-Bye, Tonsils (2001) and Knut: How one little polar bear captivated the world (2007) about the polar bear cub Knut from the Berlin Zoo which he wrote together with his daughters.

Hatkoff is a 1972 graduate of The Albany Academy, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Colgate University. He received an MBA from Columbia University.[1]

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  1. ^ [http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/foundation/page.jsp?pid=1033 Craig Hatkoff, Co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival]

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