New York’s Elevator Magnate: Karl Reeves

The Rise of an Immigrant’s Son

A good life
…but something was missing.

As a child of modest surroundings, Karl Reeves realized at an early age that his own drive and determination would be the sole way to actualize any measure of personal success. That, and a little luck on his side. As the son of Hungarian and Polish immigrants, Karl and his sister received their grit, perseverance, and love for America the honest way…they inherited it. His mother was a first-generation Polish immigrant whose family courageously lived, and died, during the Nazi onslaught through Europe – and his father and uncle fled Hungary during the 1956 attempted revolution against the communist government. The struggles and constraints imposed upon his parents and their families during those turbulent times set the stage for their life in America. They knew this country would offer them endless freedoms and...