Jeremy bronfman father
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Charles Bronfman has spent much of his life as an active businessman. He retired following a 50 year career with The Seagram Company Limited. During that time, he was President of the Canadian subsidiaries; Senior Liaison Officer to the DuPont Company, and upon his retirement in 2001 he was Co-Chairman of Seagram. For twenty-two years, he was the Chairman and principal owner of the Montreal Expos, the first Major League Baseball Club to exist outside of the United States, which was subsequently sold in 1991. He is Chairman of The Andrea & Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Inc., a family of charitable foundations operating in Israel, the USA and Canada. The Philanthropies are committed to encouraging young people to strengthen their knowledge and appreciation of their history, heritage and cultural identity. In Canada, the goal is to enhance Canadianism. Efforts to encourage a stronger sense of national identify are directed to support two organizations: The McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, and The Historica-Dominion Institute. Mr. Bronfman is Co-Chairman of Birthright Israe
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Bronfman family
Canadian business family
The Bronfman family is a Canadian family, known for its extensive business holdings.[1] It owes its initial fame to Samuel Bronfman (1889–1971), the most influential Canadian Jew of the mid-20th century,[2] who made a fortune in the alcoholic distilled beverage business during American prohibition, including the sale of liquor through organized crime, through founding the Seagram Company, and who later became president of the Canadian Jewish Congress (1939–62).[1][3]
The family is of Russian-Jewish and Romanian-Jewish ancestry; the patriarch, Yechiel (Ekiel) Bronfman, was originally a tobacco farmer from Bessarabia.[4] According to The New York Times staff reporter Nathaniel Popper, the Bronfman family is "perhaps the single largest force in the Jewish charitable world".[5][6]
Family tree
- Samuel Miles Bronfman (1889–1971), m. Jun 20, 1922, Winnipeg to Saidye Rosner (1896–1995)
- Phyllis Barbara Bronfman Lambert (b. 1927), m. 1949–1954 to Jea
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Edgar Bronfman Jr.
American businessman
Edgar Miles Bronfman Jr. (born May 16, 1955) is an American businessman, filmmaker, theater producer, and media executive who is a managing partner at Accretive LLC.[2] He previously was CEO of Warner Music Group from 2004 to 2011, and was its chairman from 2011 to 2012. Bronfman was the CEO of WMG during its May 2011 sale to Access Industries. In August 2011, he became Chairman of the company as Stephen Cooper became CEO.[3] Bronfman previously was CEO of Seagram and vice-chairman of Vivendi Universal. Bronfman expanded and later divested ownership of the Seagram Company, and also worked as a Broadway and film producer, and songwriter[4] under the pseudonyms Junior Miles and Sam Roman. He is Chairman of FuboTV.
Early life
Born in 1955, Edgar Jr. ("Efer" to friends)[4] is the son of Edgar Miles Bronfman and the grandson of Samuel Bronfman, patriarch of one of the wealthiest and most influential Jewish families in Canada.[5] The Bronfman family gained its fortunes through
- Phyllis Barbara Bronfman Lambert (b. 1927), m. 1949–1954 to Jea
- Samuel Miles Bronfman (1889–1971), m. Jun 20, 1922, Winnipeg to Saidye Rosner (1896–1995)
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