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Sat 11 Nov 2009Ardent Zionist and immensely successful bookmaker
LEONARD STEINBERG:LEONARD STEINBERG, described as "the sharpest guy on the block", was born in Belfast, the grandson of Jewish immigrants who had fled from Latvia to avoid persecution in the early years of the 20th century.
Steinberg went to school at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and it was here that he took his first step in the business that was to make him a multimillionaire.
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