Eugene Gottesman
President and Founder at The Gottesman Company
CBIIBBA MemberBeta Gamma SigmaAssociation for Corporate GrowthUpdated September 2026
About
Eugene Gottesman serves as President and Founder of The Gottesman Company, which he started in 1985. He previously founded New York Yellow Pages Inc., an independent directory publisher. He sold that company to Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. He also taught small business startup and management at NYC. He graduated from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, with a BS in Economics. He majored in accounting. He holds the Lifetime Certified Business Intermediary designation through the International Business Brokers Association. He also holds a New York State Real Estate Broker license.
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Eugene Gottesman founded New York Yellow Pages Inc., an independent yellow page and telephone directory. He later sold the company to Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. He started The Gottesman Company in 1985.
Eugene Gottesman earned a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. He majored in accounting. He holds a Lifetime Certified Business Intermediary designation and a New York State Real Estate Broker license. He also belongs to Beta Gamma Sigma and the Association for Corporate Growth.
Eugene Gottesman wrote the weekly Business Advisor column for the New York Post. He also had a cable television show called the New York Business Forum. He taught a course at NYC about starting and running a small business.