George Lindemann

George Lyle Lindemann (March 26, 1936 – June 21, 2018)[3] was an American billionaire[1] businessman known for being the chairman and chief executive officer of Southern Union, a fossil fuel infrastructure and pipeline company.

[9] In 1957, Lindemann began his career with his father's business, a cosmetics and hair care company called The Nestle-LeMur.

[4] He sold Permalens, his family's eye-care company that developed the first permanent-wear soft contact lens, to Cooper Labs for $75 million in 1971.

[11][5][6][7] He then shifted his focus to struggling natural gas pipeline company Southern Union, which he had acquired through Metro Mobile in 1990 for $125 million.

[9] George Lindemann was a previous owner[12] of Aristotle Onassis's New York City townhouse, which was later owned by John C. Whitehead.

Art experts and archaeologists working with the Cambodian Ministry of Culture have stated that some of the Khmer artworks in Lindemann's collection were "definitely looted.

"[18] Photographs of his collection included in a 2008 issue of Architectural Digest were identified as looted material sold by Douglas Latchford.

He made donations to Republican candidates, such as Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Ed Royce, Denny Rehberg, and Virginia Foxx.