"Richard N. Goldman" was an United States/American philanthropist who co-founded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990 with his wife, Rhoda Goldman. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency has called Goldman "one of the most influential Jewish philanthropists in the United States." He founded the insurance company Goldman Insurance and Risk Management, and with his wife he established the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund in 1951.

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