Anita Zucker

Anita Zucker
Born	Anita Goldberg c. 1952
Residence	Charleston, South Carolina
Citizenship	United States
Education	B.A. University of Florida M.A. University of North Florida
Occupation	Businesswoman and philanthropist
Known for	CEO of the Hudson's Bay Company
Net worth	US $ 3.1 billion (June 2017)
Spouse(s)	Jerry Zucker
Children	three --Jonathan Zucker --Andrea Muzin --Jeffrey Zucker

Anita Zucker (born c. 1952) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the first, and as of 2013^[update] only, woman to have occupied the position of Governor (Chair) of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Born Anita Goldberg, Zucker is the daughter of Holocaust survivors. She graduated from the University of Florida and received a Masters of Arts from the University of North Florida.

She is the widow of the chief executive officer of the Hudson's Bay Company, Jerry Zucker, taking over following her husband's death. She owns the Carolina Ice Palace and the South Carolina Stingrays ice hockey team.

A philanthropist, she serves on the board of the Coastal Community Foundation and Trident United Way, and isa trustee of the Saul Alexander Foundation and the Jewish Endowment Fund. She has served on the boards of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, the MUSC Foundation, and Porter-Gaud School. A member of the Republican Party, she endorsed Mitt Romney in January 2012.

As of September 2013, she is the 554th richest person in the world, and the 194th richest in the United States, with an estimated wealth of US $2.6 billion. She is the only billionaire living in South Carolina. She has three children: Jonathan Zucker, Andrea Muzin and Jeffrey Zucker. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina.

In November 2014, she donated $4 million to The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina for education programs. In return, The Citadel named its School of Education for the Zucker family, the first of The Citadel's five schools to be named for a major donor.

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