Robert Michael Haft is an entrepreneur, primarily in health care, and became a household name in the Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Houston, and Los Angeles markets for his Crown Books television commercial tagline, "Books cost too much, so I opened Crown Books. Now you'll never pay full price again."

Mar 1, 2008 · Their husbands, entrepreneurs Robert Haft and David Bradley, were best friends at Harvard Business School. At Robert and Mary’s wedding 24 years ago, best man David brought a former intern he was smitten with, Katherine Brittain, as his date.

After graduating from Harvard with his MBA and Masters in Design, Haft was President of Dart Group, founded national discount book chain Crown Books in 1977, which was based on ideas contained in his Masters thesis, and discount automotive chain Trak Auto in 1981, as well as founded Cabot Morgan real estate company, Dart Financial, and ...

Jul 18, 1993 · Despite the pleas of his wife Gloria and other family members, Herbert Haft has exiled his oldest son, Robert, into the corporate wilderness, firing him as president of Dart Group and...

Aug 10, 1991 · The five Olsson's stores in the Washington area are sold out. Crown Books, said CEO Robert Haft, has been selling the book "actively" and quickly depleting its reorders.

May 14, 2017 · HAFT Professor ROBERT JOSEPH HAFT A brilliant attorney, popular and witty law professor, avid world-traveler, loyal friend, and beloved husband, father and grandfather, died May 10, 2017 in...

May 14, 2017 · HAFT--Prof. Robert Joseph. A brilliant attorney, witty law professor, avid world-traveler, and beloved husband, father and grandfather, died May 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Bob was born in...

Feb 10, 2017 · And then a man named Robert Haft appeared sitting among piles of books declaring, “Books cost too much.” Haft, the son of successful businessman Herbert Haft (Trak Auto, Dart Drug and...

Bob Haft Interviewed by Michael Bowman The Evergreen State College oral history project July 9, 2021 FINAL Bowman: We are here today recording for the Evergreen Oral History project. We’re interviewing a former Evergreen staff member and faculty member, ob Haft. It’s Friday, July , …