Axelrod

American

[ak-suhl-rod] / ˈæk səlˌrɒd /

noun

Julius, 1912–2004, U.S. biochemist and pharmacologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1970.

Axelrod British

/ ˈæksəlrɒd /

noun

Julius. 1912–2004, US neuropharmacologist, renowned for his work on catecholamines. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (with von Euler and Bernard Katz) 1970

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Andrew Axelrod realized that the $40 million he had backing the Brooklyn Mirage was going south when the club’s founder disappeared without a trace.

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Axelrod, a 42-year-old fund manager who cut his teeth in Wall Street’s distressed-debt markets, believes live events are a cash cow of our times.

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The Mirage, a 32,000-square-foot, open-air dance venue on the outskirts of gentrifying north Brooklyn, looked like a home run to Axar Capital, Axelrod’s fund.

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Axelrod, whose fund was owed around $40 million, told Bildstein it was time to sell.

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Then Bildstein stopped responding to Axelrod’s calls and emails, and the deal fell apart.

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