Dorothy Herman is an American businesswoman who has an estimated net worth of $270 million.

Dorothy Herman started working in the real estate industry in 1978. Eleven years later, she and her partner, Carll S. Burr III bought Prudential Long Island Realty. Expansion made for the company, she decided to purchase Manhattan's largest brokerage firm, Douglas Elliman in 2003.

Recently, Forbes named Herman as America's Richest Self-Made Woman in Real Estate. She was also named as one of the most influential women in New York by Crain's New York Business.

Dorothy D' Ambrosio was born on May 10, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York. She is married to Jay Herman and has a daughter, Christine from her previous marriage.