Charles Bronfman
$2.46B
as of 10/04/24
About Charles Bronfman
In 2000, Charles Bronfman and his nephew Edgar Bronfman Jr. sold their family's spirits and alcohol giant Seagram to Vivendi for $30 billion.
His father Samuel Bronfman, a Russian immigrant to Canada, started a small distillery in 1924 and eventually bought out competitor Seagram.
Since the sale, Charles, who once co-chaired Seagram, has turned toward philanthropy, authoring two books on the matter and signing The Giving Pledge.
Bronfman has given away or pledged at least $350 million, mostly toward promotion of Canadian culture and the Jewish community's connection to Israel.
Bronfman's son, Stephen, runs Claridge, the Montreal-based private investment firm that Charles founded in 1987.
Personal stats
Citizenship
CanadaSource of wealth
LiquorResidence
Palm Beach, FloridaMarital status
Widowed, RemarriedBirth date
06/27/31 (age 93)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, McGill UniversitySelf-made
inherited and growingCharles Bronfman’s fortune is worth
41K
troy ounces of gold
38K
median U.S. household
25K
median U.S. income
0.049%
U.S. credit card volume
0.01%
GDP of the United States
0.007%
United States debt
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Bronfman is one of the main benefactors of Taglit-Birthright Israel, which sends Jewish youth from North America on free educational tours of Israel.
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