Howard Stein (born circa 1926) is an American financier who is widely considered one of the fathers of the mutual fund industry. Stein was Chairman and CEO of Dreyfus Corporation for more than 30 years. When Stein started at Dreyfus in 1955 it had approximately 2 million dollars in assets. Before the sale in 1994 this had grown to 90 Billion dollars. Dreyfus was sold to Mellon Bank Corporation in 1994 for $1.8 billion. Stein retired after the sale. Wikipedia
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