Before Ted Lerner became the business mogul we all love, he was an ordinary fella being reared in an Orthodox Jewish home in Northwest Washington, D.C.
He is the eldest of three children born to Mayer, a 1921 emigrant from Palestine, and Ethel, a Lithuanian emigrant.
He attended Raymond Elementary School, McFarland Junior High, and Roosevelt High School, graduating in 1944.
During the latter half of World War II, he worked as a typewriter for the United States Army.
He subsequently went on to attend George Washington University, where he got an Associate of Arts and then an L.L.B. from The George Washington University Law School in 1949, using the G.I. bill.
He sold residences on the weekends while in law school, which aroused his interest in real estate.
Ted Lerner received the Golden Plate Award of Excellence from the American Academy of Achievement in 1990.
Lerner’s Enterprises are the biggest private landowner in Washington, D.C.
Ted Lerner siblings: Meet Esther Lerner and Lawrence Lerner
Esther Lerner and Lawrence Lerner are the younger siblings of Ted.
They are not well into media appearances like Ted.
They are both believed to be alive as of 2022.
