{"id":731,"date":"2021-06-10T18:42:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T18:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/addison-mizner-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T14:32:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:32:34","slug":"meet-richard-rene-silvin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/meet-richard-rene-silvin\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Ren\u00e9 Silvin"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-731\" data-postid=\"731\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-731 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-css_id=\"970g999\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_970g999 tb_first tf_w\">\n            <span  class=\"builder_row_cover tf_abs\" data-lazy=\"1\"><\/span>            <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_nx838 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_rexl10   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h1>Richard Ren\u00e9 Silvin<\/h1>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ffr0742 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_58ho744 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_fowu745   \" data-lazy=\"1\" data-lax-translate-y=\"(vh*1) 0,(vh*0) 70\" data-lax=\"true\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-269 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rene-no-background-201x300-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rene-no-background-201x300-1.png 201w, https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rene-no-background-201x300-1-317x473.png 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/strong>Born in New York, Richard Ren\u00e9 Silvin grew up in Switzerland. After earning his bachelor\u2019s degree from Georgetown University in 1970 and an MBA from Cornell University in 1972, he spent 25 years in the investor owned hospital industry. He rose to the head of the International Division of American Medical International, Inc. which owned and operated hospitals in 10 countries.<\/h4><h4>Since retiring after surviving a late-stage cancer, Ren\u00e9 has published five books, including a memoir about his friendship with the late\u00a0<em>Duchess of Windsor<\/em>; a history of Palm Beach, Florida seen through the eyes of the famous society architect,\u00a0<em>Addison Mizner<\/em>; and a historical novel about the magnificent, 1930\u2019s French Line flagship, the <em>SS Normandie<\/em>.<\/h4><h4>Ren\u00e9\u2019s parents lived on opposite sides of the Atlantic throughout his childhood. This unusual situation created the opportunity for him to attend Swiss boarding schools and travel frequently on\u00a0the great French and British liners, which survived the Second World War. Ren\u00e9 was also fortunate enough to know the late Duchess of Windsor in the early 1970s, who treated him as the son she never had.<\/h4><h4>His background created in him a desire to study and share knowledge of iconic people, houses and ships often only imagined by 21st Century audiences. Ren\u00e9\u2019s intent is to both inform his audience and also to dispel many of the incorrect rumors, which invariably arise about the often misunderstood and somewhat mysterious subjects.<\/h4><h4>While initially Ren\u00e9&#8217;s lectures were based on the books he authored, over time audiences requested that he lecture on subjects to which he had referred in his books. As a result, Ren\u00e9&#8217;s lecture library consists of over 25 varied topics. <a href=\"https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/renes-lectures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A list of his topics can be seen here.<\/a><\/h4><h4>He is listed in <em>Who\u2019s Who in the World.<\/em><\/h4><p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Ren\u00e9_Silvin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out Ren\u00e9 on Wikipedia.<\/a><\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Ren\u00e9 Silvin Born in New York, Richard Ren\u00e9 Silvin grew up in Switzerland. After earning his bachelor\u2019s degree from Georgetown University in 1970 and an MBA from Cornell University in 1972, he spent 25 years in the investor owned hospital industry. 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