Description: Homepage of businessman and philanthropist Herbert (Herb) Sandler, including biography and links to reference materials.
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Herb Sandler, a businessman and philanthropist, passed away on June 5, 2019. Obituary and Photos .
Herb and his wife Marion Sandler operated Golden West Financial Corporation from 1963 to 2006. Golden West was a successful, risk-averse residential mortgage portfolio lender that focused on making high quality loans and had the lowest loan losses in the industry over a 40+ year period. The Sandlers, who are committed to giving away their wealth philanthropically, have contributed more than $1.3 billion to the Sandler Foundation .
An oral history of Herb and Marion’s life is available at UC Berkeley’s Oral History Center.