Arthur B. Belfer (May 30, 1907 – May 2, 1993) was a Polish-born American businessman and philanthropist who founded the Belco Petroleum Corporation.
[2] In 1939, at the age of 33, he arrived on a business trip in the United States four days after the Nazi invasion of Poland and soon found out that all his money had no value.
[2] Convincing a New York investor to purchase feathers, he established the Belfer Corporation which manufactured down sleeping bags for the U.S.
In 1985, InterNorth merged with Houston Natural Gas and changed its name to the Enron Corporation.
[2] His family's ownership interest in Enron reached nearly $2 billion in 2000, immediately before its collapse in 2001.