Charles William Engelhard Jr. (February 15, 1917 – March 2, 1971)[3] was an American businessman, a major owner in Thoroughbred horse racing, and a candidate in the 1955 New Jersey State Senate elections.

[7] During World War II, he served as a bomber pilot with the United States Army Air Forces.

[9][10] Engelhard was obese and lived like an "Indian Rajah"[11] According to a board member Robert Zeller, he "would hold meetings...propped up in bed like a Sun King."

[12] In the 1960 presidential election, he led the National Committee of Business and Professional Men and Women for Kennedy and Johnson.

[5] In 1958, he consolidated the various operating companiesand issued a public share offering on the New York Stock Exchange.

He set up a publicly traded holding company in the U.S. that raised capital for investments in South African business.

It has made major donations to the Metropolitan Museum of Art where the Charles Engelhard Court can be found in its American Wing, built the library at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and has been a generous supporter of a number of University of Montana academic programs.

His horses won British Classic Races six times including the St. Leger Stakes in 1964, 1967, 1968 and again in 1970 when he won it for the fourth time with the horse that brought him international fame and made him that year's British flat racing Champion Owner.

Purchased at Windfields Farm's annual yearling sale in Ontario, Canada, Nijinsky was sent to Ireland to be conditioned by Vincent O'Brien.

[7] His funeral mass was held on March 5 at St. Mary's Abbey Church at the Delbarton School in Morris County, New Jersey.

Also in attendance were US senators Hubert Humphrey, Ted Kennedy, Mike Mansfield and Harrison A. Williams Jr., and former governors Robert B. Meyner and Richard J.