William Levitt

American real-estate developer widely credited as the father of modern American suburbia · United States · On the map · Lived 1907 to 1994 · aged 86

William Jaird Levitt was an American real-estate developer and housing pioneer. As president of Levitt & Sons, he is widely credited as the father of modern American suburbia. In 1998 he was named one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century."

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