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At 92, retirement is not an option for the 'Lion of Wall Street'

Jack Dreyfus, Founder of the Dreyfus Fund celebrates his 92nd birthday.

NEW YORK CITY - If you're looking for a prime example of longevity and productivity, Jack Dreyfus is your man. As friends and family begin preparations this week to celebrate his 92nd birthday, Jack continues his daily work in midtown Manhattan, spearheading the efforts of the Dreyfus Charitable Foundation. Whether it's a meeting with Senator Hilary Clinton, lunch with Maria Bartiromo, or putting the final touches on his latest book, Jack Dreyfus is a busy man.

The Montgomery, Alabama native once described by his mother as, "A nice boy, but lazy." caught the drive to succeed somewhere between graduating, as he says, "Summa Cum Ordinary," from Lehigh University, and the time he scraped together enough funds to become one of the youngest members of the New York Stock Exchange in 1946.

It was on Wall Street that Jack Dreyfus made his name. In 2004, Investor's Business Daily reported, "In his day, Jack Dreyfus was head and shoulders above every other mutual fund manager. In the twelve years he ran Dreyfus Fund, it returned 604%. That was 102 percentage points better than the next best fund."

And it was on Wall Street that Jack Dreyfus discovered his talent for advertising and marketing. The famous black and white image of the Dreyfus Lion strolling up a set of stairs out of a New York City subway is a classic example of his groundbreaking work, and is still seen in many of the current Dreyfus Corporation ad campaigns. Standard & Poors honored him with their first gold trophy for "Excellence in Advertising" and the advertising community named him one of the top five marketing men of the 1960-70 decade.

Outside of business Jack Dreyfus attained an extraordinary degree of success, with an exceptionally diverse range of interests. As a horse breeder, the first horse he ever bred was a champion. He was twice elected chairman of the New York Racing Association, winning the Fitzsimmons Award for "Man Who Did Most for Racing." He qualified for the Master's Bridge Tournament each of the three times he tried, he was reputed to be the best gin rummy player in the United States for more than thirty years according to the Encyclopedia of Bridge, and won seventeen golf club championships at four different country clubs.

Incredibly, at the age of 62, Jack Dreyfus won the US Open Doubles Lawn Tennis Championship for 60's and over, and ten years later won the World's Doubles Lawn Tennis Championship for 70's and over. Once asked by a reporter to comment on his success, Dreyfus said, "It's 110% luck, the rest is skill."

Jack Dreyfus is the recipient of five honorary doctorate degrees, and has just completed his fifth book, Written in Frustration.


FOR INTERVIEWS WITH MR. DREYFUS, PHOTOS AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS REQUESTS PLEASE CONTACT:

Terry Murphy
Dreyfus Charitable Foundation
212-752-6383