Canadian businessman and entrepreneur
Peter Bronfman
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Born
| Peter Frederick Bronfman
October 2, 1929
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Died
| December 1, 1996 (aged 67)
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Relatives
| Edward Bronfman
, brother
Samuel Bronfman
, uncle
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Peter Frederick Bronfman
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OC
(October 2, 1929 – December 1, 1996) was a
Canadian
businessman and entrepreneur, born in
Montreal
, and member of the
Toronto
branch of Canada's wealthy
Bronfman family
. He attended
Selwyn House School
in Montreal and the elite
Lawrenceville School
in
New Jersey
, one of the oldest
prep schools
in America, and received his
bachelor's degree
from
Yale University
in 1952.
Career
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Peter Frederick Bronfman was born in Montreal in 1929, a son of Allan Bronfman and nephew of Samuel Bronfman, the founder of
the Seagram Company
. He attended the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, N.J., and received a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1952. Bronfman was the co-founder (with his brother,
Edward Bronfman
) of
Edper Investments
, their private holding company that at its peak was estimated to control $100 billion in assets, including some of the largest corporations in Canada. He and his brother also owned the
Montreal Canadiens
from 1971 to 1978, winning four
Stanley Cups
with the team in 1973, 1976, 1977, and 1978. Bronfman also owned
Labatt Brewing Company
which owned the
Toronto Blue Jays
when they won their World Series titles in 1992 and 1993.
Personal life and legacy
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On November 14, 1996, Bronfman was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada
. It was presented posthumously in 1997.
Bronfman died of cancer on December 1, 1996.
[1]
He was survived by his third wife, Lynda Hamilton Bronfman; and three children, Linda Bronfman, Brenda Bronfman, and Bruce Bronfman.
[1]
York University
's
Schulich School of Business
in Toronto, Canada has its business library named after him.
[2]
The
G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education
at
Toronto Metropolitan University
houses the Peter Bronfman Learning Centre, which is located on the seventh floor of the
Heaslip House
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References
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Further reading
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- "Peter Bronfman dead at 68"
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AP News
. Retrieved
2020-08-02
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- Corelli, Adam (1993-02-14).
"Legacy of a bootlegger"
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The Independent
. Retrieved
2020-08-02
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- Symonds, William C. (March 8, 1993).
"The Bronfmans Start Bailing"
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Bloomberg News
. Retrieved
2020-08-02
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- "The controlling hand of the Edper empire"
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The Independent
. Archived from
the original
on May 5, 2016
. Retrieved
July 26,
2006
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- Peter C. Newman, "Peter Bronfman: The gentle, lonely tycoon",
Maclean's
magazine (December 16, 1996)
- Susan Gittins,
Behind Closed Doors: The Rise and Fall of Canada's Edper Bronfman and Reichman Empires
(1995)
- Patricia Best and Ann Shortell,
The Brass Ring: Power, Influence and the Brascan Empire
(1988)
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