Philanthropist, businessman, matched kindness with integrity

Stanley Kane built a billion-dollar business before engaging in decades of philanthropy in Sarasota.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 12:37 p.m. August 31, 2020
Cliff Roles. Stanley Kane recently celebrated turning 100 with friends and family in Sarasota.
Cliff Roles. Stanley Kane recently celebrated turning 100 with friends and family in Sarasota.
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When Betsy Kane-Hartnett and her two sisters were growing up, in suburbs north of New York City, the family always had dinner together at the dining room table. “My dad was the guy who worked seven days a week,” Kane-Hartnett says, “but he never missed dinner.”

 

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