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Jack Dreyfus

Jack Dreyfus, American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation (died 2009)

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Born
August 28, 1913
Died
March 27, 2009
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1913

About Jack Dreyfus

John J. Dreyfus Jr. was an American financial expert and the founder of the Dreyfus Funds. His paternal grandfather was a first cousin of Alfred Dreyfus, the protagonist of the French 19th-century anti-Semitic scandal known as the Dreyfus affair. He is widely publicized for being the man who "invented" the commonplace mutual fund through direct marketing to the public. He authored a book titled A Remarkable Medicine Has Been Overlooked which he published and distributed with his own money (spending up to US$70 million) and had the book sent for free to hundreds of doctors.

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The world when Jack Dreyfus was born

Jack Dreyfus was born in 1913. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1913

  • Best-selling book"The Inside of the Cup" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJim Thorpe stripped of Olympic titles over amateurism rules
  • Top headline16th Amendment allows federal income tax
  • Technology milestoneFord assembly line begins — revolutionizes manufacturing
  • World population~1.73B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population96.0M

1913 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jack Dreyfus's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19132026
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population96.0M341 million

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