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Download or read book The Bronfmans written by Nicholas Faith and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, the Bronfman family ruled Seagram's and the liquor industry. This is the story of their meteoric rise and spectacular fall. The story of the Bronfman family is a fascinating and improbable saga. It is dominated by "Mr. Sam," the single greatest figure in the history of the liquor business, the man who made drinking whiskey respectable in the United States and who in the 1950s and 1960s built Seagram into the first worldwide empire in wine and spirits. After Sam's death in 1971, his oldest son, Edgar, maintained the business, though he was distracted by his matrimonial problems. Nevertheless, in the 1980s he masterminded a major coup when he translated a small investment in oil made by his father into a 25 percent stake in the mighty DuPont company. But in the 1990s, Edgar allowed his second son, Edgar Jr., to indulge his ambition to become a media tycoon. The stake in DuPont was sold, and the money reinvested in Universal, the film and theme-park empire. Edgar Jr. then paid more than $10 billion to buy Polygram Records and thus fulfill his fancy to be king of the world's music business. But at the same time, he remained in charge of the liquor business, which started to stagnate—indeed, to fall apart. Then came the final disaster when the increasingly divided family sold out to Jean-Marie Messier, overreaching empire builder of Vivendi, the French conglomerate. But the story of this amazing family over the past century is about more than booze and business. The Bronfmans is a spectacular account that details the larger-than-life personalities and bitter rivalries that have made the family so famous and, sometimes, so infamous.
Book Synopsis Samuel Bronfman by : Michael R. Marrus
Download or read book Samuel Bronfman written by Michael R. Marrus and published by . This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the creator of the Seagram whiskey empire, Sam Bronfman became a mythic figure in the business world, and in the years after his death the legend has developed further and further away from the life. This is the complete story of the man and the business he built. Bronfman was an intuitive leader and manager who knew his industry inside out and set the highest standards for his products and himself. His life makes a fascinating tale of business, power, wealth, and ethnic politics. Sam Bronfman was "a volatile, shrewd, and highly individualistic leader whose technical knowledge and financial acumen remain unchallenged."
Download or read book Mr Sam written by Michael R. Marrus and published by Viking Canada. This book was released on 1991 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Michael Robert Marrus Publisher :Hanover, New Hampshire : Published by University Press of New England [for] Brandeis University Press ISBN 13 : Total Pages :568 pages Book Rating :4.X/5 (2 download)
Book Synopsis Samuel Bronfman by : Michael Robert Marrus
Download or read book Samuel Bronfman written by Michael Robert Marrus and published by Hanover, New Hampshire : Published by University Press of New England [for] Brandeis University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The irascible son of a Jewish pioneer from Czarist Russia whose business acumen built an international company renowned for the quality of its products. Samuel Bronfman's father failed as a wheat farmer and then found success selling frozen fish, firewood, and horses. At this point young Sam observed to his father, "The bar makes more profits than we do. Instead of selling horses, we should be selling the drinks". And thus began what was to become the Seagram whiskey empire. Sam's insight and timing were right as Canada, and especially the United States, were coming under the influence of the temperance movement. While legend often places Sam in the thick of Prohibition era bootlegging and rum running, in fact he built for the long term and kept his operations within both the law and its loopholes as he supplied American bootleggers. Sam demonstrated his marketing genius by insisting on quality in a business notorious for cutting corners and thereby set the standard for the industry in the decades to follow. Sam's success in penetrating the American market was such that after Prohibition his competitors lobbied the federal government for protection. While Samuel Bronfman is a classic rags to riches tale, it is also the story of a Jew who remained in many ways outside business and social establishments even after becoming internationally famous. Commuting every week between his Montreal and New York office, his was a private life centered on his family and their home in Montreal and summer places such as Tarrytown, New York. In the 1950s Sam, under instructions from his daughter Phyllis Lambert, commissioned Mies van der Rohe to design a new corporate headquarters, the Seagram buildingat 375 Park Avenue, a landmark on the New York City skyline. As a leader of the Jewish community Sam was elected president of the Canadian Jewish Congress in 1939, and went on to organize financial aid to the fledgling state of Israel, beginning decades long involvement in Jewish affairs and support for the Jewish state.
Book Synopsis Bronfman Dynasty by : Peter C. Newman
Download or read book Bronfman Dynasty written by Peter C. Newman and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mr. Sam written by Michael R. Marrus and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1992 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Untitled: Speech by Samuel Bronfman at the Opening of Seagram Stadium, May 6, 1958 by : Samuel Bronfman
Download or read book Untitled: Speech by Samuel Bronfman at the Opening of Seagram Stadium, May 6, 1958 written by Samuel Bronfman and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Why Be Jewish? written by Edgar Bronfman and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edgar M. Bronfman's clarion call to a generation of secular, disaffected, and unaffiliated Jews, this book addresses the most critical question confronting Judaism worldwide. Completed in December 2013, just weeks before he passed away, Why Be Jewish? expresses Edgar Bronfman's awe, respect, and deep love for his faith and heritage. Bronfman walks readers through the major tenets and ideas in Jewish life, fleshing out their meaning and offering proof texts from the Jewish tradition gleaned over his many years of study with some of the greatest teachers in the Jewish world. With honesty, poignancy, and passion, Bronfman shares in Why Be Jewish? insights gleaned from his own personal journey and makes a compelling case for the meaning and transcendence of a secular Judaism that is still steeped in deep moral values, authentic Jewish texts, and a focus on deed over creed or dogma.
Download or read book Good Spirits written by Edgar M. Bronfman and published by Putnam Adult. This book was released on 1998 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the author's involvement with the Seagram Company, and his experiences and reflections as he learned the running of the business from the ground up.
Download or read book Distilled written by Charles Bronfman and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While much has been written about his father, Sam, a titan of industry, there is no public record of Charles Bronfman’s thoughts on his own life, family, career and his significant accomplishments in sport and philanthropy. Distilled does just that, chronicling key events in the life of the heir to one of Canada’s great fortunes. Born in 1931 to the fabulously wealthy Bronfmans, Charles grew up in a 20-room mansion with many staff. Via their control of the distilling giant Seagram, the Bronfman family dominated the liquor business with brands such as Crown Royal, V.O. and Chivas Regal. By the 1980s, Seagram was also the biggest shareholder of DuPont and by the 1990s, the family’s wealth was in the billions, culminating in the $35-billion sale of Seagram to France’s Vivendi, which turned into a financial and family disaster. In Distilled, Charles reflects on all of it---his relationship with his parents, his brother Edgar, working in the family business, landing Canada’s first big league baseball franchise (the Montreal Expos), leading a philanthropic life by promoting Canadian identity through Heritage Minutes and supporting Israel through countless innovative initiatives including the globally respected Birthright Israel---and to how the Bronfman family splintered over the sale of Seagram.
Book Synopsis Spirited Commitment by : Roderick MacLeod
Download or read book Spirited Commitment written by Roderick MacLeod and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2010 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An institutional history of one of Canada's premier philanthropic organizations.
Book Synopsis Constitution, Resolutions and Presidential Address by Samuel Bronfman : Adoped at Fifth General Session, January 10, 11, 12th, 1942 by : Canadian Jewish Congress
Download or read book Constitution, Resolutions and Presidential Address by Samuel Bronfman : Adoped at Fifth General Session, January 10, 11, 12th, 1942 written by Canadian Jewish Congress and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1972-10-09 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Book Synopsis The Encyclopedia of Kidnappings by : Michael Newton
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Kidnappings written by Michael Newton and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a historical survey of kidnappings from biblical times to the present.
Book Synopsis Text of Address Delivered by Samuel Bronfman at the Montefiore Club, Montreal, March 4, 1941 by : Samuel Bronfman
Download or read book Text of Address Delivered by Samuel Bronfman at the Montefiore Club, Montreal, March 4, 1941 written by Samuel Bronfman and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Saidye and Samuel Bronfman Collection of Canadian Art by : Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Download or read book The Saidye and Samuel Bronfman Collection of Canadian Art written by Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
