What’s on the CEO’s Desk

By COLlive reporter

Entrepreneur and Chabad donor David Schottenstein was interviewed to national luxury lifestyle magazine Haute Living about the things he keeps on his office desk.

Besides for a family photos, a pack of collar stays, regular mail, an iPad, and an energy drink, here are 3 items he presents that caught our eye:

1. My siddur, Jewish prayer book. Hand bound and custom made in Israel. I pray 3 times/day, sometimes at the office, so I need to keep it handy and available.

2. Dollar bill I received from the Lubavitcher Rebbe when I was 8. The Rebbe inspires me to work harder and harder because the more money I make, the more my wife and I can give and build more centers for his emissaries whose focus is to keep Jews connected to their heritage across the globe. Not an easy task in today’s world.

3. My Palm Centro- circa 1998, I love the calendar format on it so i bought 10 of them on ebay because they don’t make them anymore. Apple makes great devices but when it comes to their calendar app, they have nothing on Palm.

Schottenstein, who founded Astor and Black Custom Clothiers and sold it in 2012 to a private equity firm, currently runs two companies.

The first is Swiss Stays, which is the world’s first adjustable sized collar stay, designed to fit any shirt collar, which has already launched.

The second is Viewabill, an app and desktop application that allows users to track legal bills and any other hourly services in real time. Another Chabad fan, civil rights attorney Alan Dershowitz is a partner in the company.