title: Howard Solomon
text: # Howard Solomon
  
  Martin Howard Solomon (August 12, 1927 – January 8, 2022) was an American businessman who was a partner at Hildred Capital Partners and the head of Forest Laboratories, a pharmaceutical company. He was also the father of novelist and writer Andrew Solomon, and David Solomon, his partner at Hildred Capital.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  Solomon was born on August 17, 1927, and grew up in The Bronx, New York. His father, a Jewish immigrant from Romania, made neckties from dress remnants. Around age 11, while visiting a friend’s home, he heard opera recordings. He was inspired to take piano lessons and found a job selling librettos in the lobby of the Metropolitan Opera.
  
  He died at his home in Bedford Hills, New York, on January 8, 2022, at the age of 94.
  
  