Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky
| Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky | |
|---|---|
| Born |
15 May 1925 London, England |
| Spouse(s) | Claire Elizabeth McGinnis (m. 1949—1956; divorced) Mary Elizabeth Morris (m. 1959—2006; her death) |
| Children | Marina Ivanovna Knyaginya Obolensky Ivan Ivanovich Knyaz Obolensky David Ivanovich Knyaz Obolensky Sergei Ivanovich Knyaz Obolensky |
| Parent(s) |
Sergei Platonovich Obolensky Ava Alice Muriel Astor |
| Relatives | Astor family |
Prince Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky (born 15 May 1925) is an American New York City-based financial analyst and corporate officer. He was previously commissioned in the United States Navy, serving as a Flight Lieutenant, and has also been a publisher.
Obolensky was born in London, Middlesex, on 15 May 1925, to Sergei Platonovich "Serge" Obolensky and Ava Alice Muriel Astor. Through his mother, he is a great-great-great-grandson of John Jacob Astor and the elder grandson of John Jacob Astor IV, who died on the RMS Titanic.
Ivan was educated at St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island, and graduated from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1947. While at Yale, he was a member of St. Elmo, a senior secret society.
After Yale, Obolensky became a writer working for Telavid Inc. Imports, and went on to serve with the United States Navy as a pilot. In 1957, he formed a publishing firm McDowell, Obolensky Inc. with a partner, David McDowell. The firm published James Agee's Pulitzer Prize novel, A Death in the Family (1957), and was the U.S. publisher for Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart (1959). It was dissolved in 1960. Obolensky then formed a second publishing house, Ivan Obolensky, Inc. This firm continued through 1965, when he joined the investment banking firm of A. T. Brod & Company as a partner.
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