![]() ![]() The Hammer family was the focus of the Discovery+ docuseries “House of Hammer,” which revealed numerous scandals within the family’s history. These accusations, which initially surfaced in 2009, revealed an alleged $70 million forgery ring selling counterfeit paintings since 1994.Īlthough Hammer was not personally accused of misconduct related to the fraud ring, testimonies during court claimed that he had been using the gallery’s fund for such personal expenses as a trip to Paris and two luxury vehicles. Hammer’s death was confirmed to People and TMZ. In 2011, one of Hammer’s art galleries he inherited, Knoedler Gallery, was entangled in a huge art scam when hedge fund executive Pierre Lagrange sued the gallery and its former director Ann Freedman for selling him a fake Jackson Pollock painting for $17 million. Michael Armand Hammer, businessman and father of Armie Hammer, died Sunday after a lengthy battle with cancer. Hammer is the great-grandson of oil tycoon Armand Hammer (who he’s named after.) According to The Los Angeles Times, Armand became a millionaire before he graduated college in the 1910s by. Michael received the majority of the estate, including two art galleries and two foundations. In 2021, Michael’s sister Casey Hammer told Vanity Fair that their father Julian inherited only $250,000 of their grandfather’s $40 million fortune. He and Mobley were married for 27 years, from 1985 to 2012. ![]() Hammer and his ex-wife Dru Ann Mobley had two children together: actor Armie Hammer, 36, and businessman Viktor Hammer, 34. Looking for books by Michael Hammer See all books authored by Michael Hammer, including Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution. ![]()
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