Which well known singer is the daughter of the founder of the Simon and Schuster publishing company
Richard L. Simon of partial "Moorish" origin based on her mother's exotic looks, but was in fact of Afro-Cuban descent). They had four children: Simon died in 1960 after suffering a heart attack. Simon was a resident of Fieldston, an area within Riverdale in the Bronx. Richard L. Simon Richard Leo Simon (March 6, 1899 – July 29, 1960) was an American book publisher. He was a Columbia University graduate, co-founder of the publishing house Simon & Schuster, and father of world-famous singer-songwriter Carly Simon. Simon was born to a Jewish family in 1899 in New York City. His father, Leo Simon, was
Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. (), a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, is an American publishing company founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard Simon and Max Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was publishing 2,000 titles annually under 35 different imprints. In 1924, Richard Simon's aunt, a crossword puzzle enthusiast, asked whether there was a book of "New York World" crossword puzzles, which were very popular at the time. After discovering that none had been published, Simon and Max Schuster decided to launch a company to exploit the opportunity. At the time, Simon was a