Biography

Lynn Schusterman was born in 1939. She attended the University of Miami

University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...

, but dropped out before graduation. She is the widow of Charles Schusterman, the founder of the Samson Investment Company

Samson Investment Company

The Samson Investment Company is the largest privately-held company of crude oil and natural gas in the United States.-Overview:It was founded by Charles Schusterman in 1971. It is heaquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It has offices in Houston, Texas, Denver, Colorado, Midland, Texas, Calgary, Canada,...

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A philanthropist, she is the Chair of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal

Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal

Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal is a Jewish advocacy organization to support synagogues in the United States.-Overview:It was founded in 2000 by Edgar Bronfman, Charles Schusterman and Michael Steinhardt. It is headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Lynn Schusterman, the co-founder's...

, BBYO, and co-Chair of the International Board of Governors of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, working with thousands of college students globally...

. She has made charitable donations to Birthright Israel

Birthright Israel

Taglit-Birthright Israel is a Jewish Israeli registered charity that sponsors free 10-day heritage trips to Israel. Birthright Israel's goals are to diminish the division between Israel and Jewish communities around the world and to strengthen participants' personal Jewish identity and...

. She was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame in 2000, the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 2003, and into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame

Oklahoma Hall of Fame

The Oklahoma Hall of Fame was established in 1927 by Anna B. Korn. To be eligible for induction, an individual must satisfy the following criteria:* Reside in Oklahoma or be a former resident of the state....

 in 2006.

As of September 2011, she is the 595th richest person in the world, and the 117th richest person in the United States. She is worth US$ 3 billion. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...

, New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, and Jerusalem. She has three adult children and six granddaughters.