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Harvard Business School. Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Edward H. Linde
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Alongside Mortimer B. Zuckerman, he co-founded Boston Properties in 1970. He also was a major donor to his alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Linde arrived in Boston in 1958 as an undergraduate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied civil engineering.
He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1964 and went to work for Cabot, Cabot & Forbes.
He and Zuckerman redeveloped much of East Cambridge into the area now known as Kendall Square, helping create a United States. technology hub, with Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers mixing with firms such as Google, Microsoft, Biogen Idec, and Novartis. In Boston, Linde was responsible for properties such as the office towers at 28 State Street and One Boston Place.
Perhaps his most prominent contribution to the city was the Prudential Center, where he helped transform a disjointed area into a retail mecca. Forbes ranked him tied as the 840th richest billionaire worldwide in 2007, with a Netto worth of United States$1.1 billion.
