Leith Yetman's school

MILLIONAIRE REUNITED WITH CLEANING-GAL $AVIOR By Clemente Lisi July 29, 2002 | 4:00am A Manhattan woman was reunited with a cleaning woman who lent her $2,000 more than 20 years ago – helping launch her multi-million-dollar business. Leith Yetman was desperately searching for Irene Eschuck, a cleaning woman who gave her the cash in 1982 to keep her computer school, the New York Institute of Business Technology, from closing. The two lost touch in 1984, but were reunited recently after The Post ran a story about Yetman’s search for Eschuck. “I’m so glad to see her again and I thank The Post for helping me find her,” Yetman said. Eschuck, 79, said her daughter Kathleen had shown her the story in The Post. “I thought I would never see her again. I’m glad she’s become a success,” Eschuck said. Yetman said the reunion was “one of the happiest moments” of her life. She started her business school in April 1981, but a year later was in trouble when she couldn’t make her $1,200 weekly payroll and risked going under. Eschuck was making her cleaning rounds one night and found Yetman crying at her desk. After explaining her problem, Yetman recalled, Eschuck took her by the hand and said, “I have $3,000 in the bank. I could lend you some of the money.” Yetman paid back Eschuck double her $2,000 loan. Her school now pulls in $3 million a year.