The Bronfman family, one of the most influential Jewish families in the world, was made famous by Samuel Bronfman (1891-1971), who made a fortune in the distilled alcoholic beverages business during the 20th century through his Seagram Company. The family is of Canadian heritage and most members of the family are Canadian citizens. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Samuel Bronfman (February 27, 1891 - July 10, 1971) was the founder of Seagrams and a Canadian family dynasty the Bronfman family. ... The Seagram Company Ltd. ...
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Entities related to my family, which continue to own approximately 33 million shares of Vivendi Universal, have committed with the Company not to sell or hedge shares for the remainder of 2001, and in any case, my family has no plans for further sales.
The family continues to be very supportive of the strategy, direction, pace, and performance of Vivendi Universal.
Following the sale of a portion of their shares to the Company, the Bronfmanfamilies and related charitable entities will hold approximately 6.1% of the Company?s shares, thus continuing to remain as the largest shareholder of Vivendi Universal.
Until recently the best-known member of the family was Samuel Bronfman (b at Soroki, Bessarabia, or en route from Russia 27 Feb 1889; d at Montréal, Qué 10 July 1971).
With the coming of PROHIBITION in Canada, the Bronfmans turned their energies to the interprovincial package liquor trade, purchasing stocks of spirits which were sold at a good profit.
Bronfman (b at Montréal, Qué 20 June 1929), Sam's eldest son, was chairman of the board and chief executive officer (until 1994) of the company.
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