 ABOUT
PETER GRUBER
Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1929, Peter Gruber escaped to India
with his parents in 1939, three months before the Second World
War engulfed Europe. During the Japanese bombing of Calcutta,
his parents sent him to a boarding school in the Himalayas, where
he was educated by Jesuits. These early experiences sparked what
has become a lifelong questioning into the meaning and purpose
of life, and a far-ranging search for knowledge and understanding.
After the war, Gruber nurtured his growing interest in science,
religion and philosophy as a student in Australia. He also studied
Buddhism for a number of years and eventually moved to New York
City where he founded the Oriental Studies foundation, which sponsored
the translation and publication in English of Tibetan texts. He
served briefly in the U.S. Army Finance Corps and later went to
work on Wall Street.
In the span of his career, Gruber has built a successful asset
management business, which makes possible the support of activities
focused on the issues and questions that continue to be of special
interest to him, ranging from the support of educational programs
to the recognition of worthy and notable human achievement. |