Forest City’s Albert Ratner’s father and uncles lied their way from Russia to the U.S.
CLEVELAND, OH -In literally every biography about Forest City Trust’s “Ratner family” and the real estate development corporation that Albert Ratner once led as Chief Executive Officer; the storyline is similar to those published in the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History and a Stan Bullard story in Crain’s Cleveland Business in 2005. Kalman Ratowczer or Charles Ratner is supposed to be the first member of the Ratner family to emigrate to the United States of America from Russia in 1906 out of 8 siblings. Published reports claim their Russian name was Ratowzer or Ratowczer in Eastern Europe. The surname was changed…
