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Edgar Miles Bronfman, Jr. (born May 16, 1955), formerly CEO of Seagram and vice-chairman of Vivendi Universal, has been CEO of Warner Music Group since 2004. He is the son of Edgar Miles Bronfman and the grandson of Samuel Bronfman, one of the most wealthy and influential Jewish families in Canada. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 537 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1628 × 1816 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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The Bronfman family gained its fortunes through the Seagram Company, an alcohol distilling company, but Edgar Jr. ("Efer" to friends) has gained his reputation by expanding and later divesting ownership of the Seagram company, as well as for pursuing more creative activities as a Broadway and film producer and songwriter. 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. ...
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Early life
Edgar Jr. is the second of five children, and was indicated by his grandfather in 1971 as being suitable as the heir to the Seagram Company.
From his early days, Bronfman's interest in the arts was apparent. He was particularly active in school theatre, an interest his parents supported by donating to construct The Ann and Edgar Bronfman Theatre during a 1967 expansion at The Collegiate School, the prestigious private school in Manhattan which Edgar Jr. attended. Edgar Jr. and his classmates created a documentary film of the school that spawned the Collegiate Film Festival, an event that gained positive press in The Los Angeles Times and The Village Voice. Collegiate School is a private school for boys in New York City and lays claim to being the oldest school in the United States. ...
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In the summer before his junior year in high school, Bronfman went to London to work on a feature film, arranged partly through his father's connections at MGM. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
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Education Edgar Jr. was educated at The Collegiate School, a prep school in New York, but did not attend college. Collegiate School is a private school for boys in New York City and lays claim to being the oldest school in the United States. ...
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Career Bronfman proceeded to a brief career in entertainment in the 1970s as a film and Broadway producer. The summer before his final year of high school, in 1972, he was a credited producer on the film, The Blockhouse. Despite his inexperience, Bronfman's involvement was accepted because of his connections and access to financing. In return, he learned many of the tricks of the trade by watching his more experienced peers.
In 1973, Bronfman began a songwriting career under the pseudonyms Junior Miles and Sam Roman. He often collaborated with Bruce Roberts on songs like "Whisper in the Dark", which he gave to Dionne Warwick to record in thanks for introducing him to his first wife, Sherry. Marie Dionne Warrick (born December 12, 1940), known professionally as Dionne Warwick, is an acclaimed five-time Grammy Award-winning African American singer best known for her work with Hal David and Burt Bacharach as songwriters and producers. ...
His Efer Productions company was signed by Universal Studios in 1977 to a three-year movie production contract. He produced the unsuccessful film The Border, which starred Jack Nicholson. This article is about the American media conglomerate. ...
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In 1982, Bronfman returned to the Seagram Company, spending three months learning the ropes before moving to London to become managing director of Seagram Europe. In 1984, Bronfman returned to New York as President of the House of Seagram, the company's U.S. marketing division. By 1994 he became the Chief Executive Officer, where he began a move away from the traditional liquor business and into entertainment.
The first step in this diversification was the widely criticized sale of Seagram's stake in DuPont. In 1981, Edgar Bronfman, Sr., had sold Seagram's stake in Conoco to DuPont, in exchange for almost 25% of the chemical giant. This stake in DuPont, by 1995, represented about 70% of Seagram's total earnings. Nevertheless, Bronfman, Jr., acting as Seagram's CEO, approached DuPont about buying back its shares, a deal that DuPont wasted no time in closing. Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, or du Pont may refer to: // E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the worlds third largest chemical company Du Pont Motors Gilbert Dupont, a French stock brokerage part of retail banking network Crédit du Nord ST Dupont, a French manufacturer of fine...
With the proceeds of the $9 billion sale, Bronfman, Jr., went on an expansion into the entertainment business, in music through the acquisition of Polygram, and in film entertainment through MCA and Universal Pictures. However, the new entertainment conglomerate he created had a brief life, before needing a strategic partner. Bronfman, Jr., then led Seagram into a disastrous all-stock acquisition by French conglomerate Vivendi in 2000. Bronfman, Jr., became chief of the new company, Vivendi Universal, but the Seagram company effectively lost control of its entertainment businesses. Meanwhile, the beverage division—the core of Seagram's business—was acquired by Pernod Ricard and Diageo. Seagram's for all intents and purposes ceased to exist. PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. ...
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In December 2001, Bronfman announced he was stepping down from an executive capacity at Vivendi Universal, but remaining as vice chair of the board.
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In recent years, he has continued to dabble in songwriting and penned the hit song "To Love You More", which was recorded by Celine Dion, and Barbra Streisand's "If I Didn't Love You". Céline Marie Claudette Dion, OC, OQ, (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian pop singer and occasional songwriter. ...
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Bronfman Jr. is also a prominent philanthropist. He currently chairs the Board of Directors of Endeavor (nonprofit), an international development organization that finds and supports high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets. Endeavor is a global non-profit organization that identifies and supports high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets to facilitate and encourage long-term sustainable growth. ...
Personal life Against his father's advice(and just HOW do you know it was against his fathers wishes?), Bronfman married his first wife, African American actress Sherri Brewer, in 1979 in New Orleans. The couple had three children together--Vanessa, Hannah, and Benjamin--before they divorced in 1991. In 1993, he married Clarissa Alcock, the daughter of Frank Alcock, a Venezuelan oil executive of British descent (is that Anglo Saxon British or Black British?)(see [1]). They have three children. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...
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Bronfman's son, who is known as Benjamin Brewer, is the guitar player and vocalist for the New York-based alternative rock band The Exit. The band's first mass-released recording was the song "Susan" on the soundtrack of American Pie 2. The soundtrack was released on MCA, at the time part of the Vivendi Universal empire. The Exit is a New York City-based trio indie/punk/reggae group, formed in 1999. ...
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Music Piracy Bronfman is a noted opponent of P2P technologies, and as CEO of Universal, helped lead the music industry's opposition to Napster, likening it to slavery and Soviet communism.[1] In late 2006 in an interview with Reuters, Bronfman caused a stir by admitting that his children have pirated music.[2] He claims to have punished the child, but wants the punishment to remain within the realm of the family.[3]
See also 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. ...
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Samuel Bronfman, CC (February 27, 1891 - July 10, 1971) was the founder of Seagrams and a Canadian family dynasty the Bronfman family. ...
References - 2004: The Icarus Factor: The Rise and Fall of Edgar Bronfman Jr. by Rod McQueen (ISBN 0-385-65995-4)
- 2006: The Bronfmans: The Rise and Fall of the House of Seagram by Nicholas Faith (ISBN 0-312-33219-X)
- ^ Charles C. Mann. "The Heavenly Jukebox", The Atlantic Monthly, 2000-09-01.
- ^ "Will The Recording Industry Sue Edgar Bronfman For Downloading?", TechDirt, 2006-12-04.
- ^ Adam Reuters. "Interview: Warner Music Group boss Edgar Bronfman", Reuters, 2006-12-01.
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