Roland Arnall
| Roland E. Arnall | |
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| United States Ambassador to the Netherlands | |
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In office March 8, 2006 – March 7, 2008 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Clifford Sobel |
| Succeeded by | James Culbertson |
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| Born | March 29, 1939 Paris, France |
| Died | March 17, 2008 (aged 68) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Nationality | United States |
| Spouse(s) | Dawn L. Arnall (m. 2000-2008; his death) Sally Arnall (m. 1961-1998; divorced) |
| Children | Daniel and Michelle |
Roland E. Arnall (March 29, 1939 – March 17, 2008) was an American businessman and diplomat. As the owner of ACC Capital Holdings, he became a billionaire with Ameriquest Mortgage. He was co-founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and from 2006 until shortly before his death he was the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Roland Arnall was born on March 29, 1939 in Paris, France. His parents were Eastern European Jews who had fled to Paris. During World War II, Arnall was raised as a Roman Catholic in a French village. He was kept unaware of being a Jew until after the war had ended, when he was six years old.
After the war, Arnall and his family moved to Montreal, Canada. In the late 1950s they relocated to the United States, and for a while Arnall sold flowers on the streets of Los Angeles, California.
In 1977 Arnall, a longtime supporter of Israel, helped found the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Museum of Tolerance. He served for 16 years on the California State University board of trustees.
He purchased singer Engelbert Humperdinck's 10-acre (40,000 m2) Los Angeles estate for $30 million. He also bought a ranch in Aspen, Colorado for $46 million from movie mogul Peter Guber.
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