Emanuel Lehman


Emanuel Lehman was a German born, American banker. The younger brother of Henry Lehman, he was a co-founder of Lehman Brothers.
When the newly formed Mutual Alliance Trust Company opened for business in New York on the Tuesday after June 29, 1902, there were 13 directors, including Lehman, William Rockefeller, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.

Philanthropy and family

In 1897, he donated $100,000 to the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York, under the condition "to enlarge and perpetuate its usefulness." In May 1859, he married Pauline Sondheim, daughter of Louis Sondheim of New York. Pauline died in 1871. They had four children: Milton Lehman; Philip Lehman, a partner in the firm; Harriet Philip Lehman, and Evelyn Philip Lehman.