Youth
Rudd was born in Irvington, New Jersey. He is the son of a former Army officer, Jacob S. Rudd (1909–1995), who sold real estate in Maplewood, New Jersey. Mark's mother was Bertha Bass (1912–2009), who was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the year after her parents emigrated from Lithuania. Rudd had a brother: David R. Rudd (1939–2009), who became an attorney. Mark Rudd attended Columbia High School in his hometown, and later Columbia University in New York.
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