Richard Menschel (born January 6, 1934) is an American investment banker, art collector and philanthropist.
[4] He also endowed the Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship at the Harvard Business School and donated to the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative.
[9] He was appointed to the New York City Panel for Educational Policy by mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2002.
[3] Menschel married Ronay Arlt, then an assistant to Congressman Ed Koch and now the chairman of Phipps Houses.
[2][5] Their wedding was held at Menshel's mother's house, presided over by Rabbi Ronald B. Sobel of the Temple Emanu-El of New York.