Charles Rosner Bronfman, PC, CC (born June 27, 1931 in Montreal) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.
He is the fifteenth richest person in Canada, with a net worth of US$2.2 billion (according to Forbes [1]). Charles is currently married to his third wife, Bonita Bronfman. His fortune comes from the family liquor business. He was the majority owner of the Montreal Expos franchise in Major League Baseball from the team's formation in 1968 until 1990. He is currently in talks to purchase the American soccer club, Chicago Fire S.C..
He is the son of Samuel and Saidye Bronfman; his siblings are Minda, architecture expert Phyllis, and Edgar. He is the uncle of Edgar Bronfman, Jr.. Charles Bronfman is the widower of his second wife, Andrea Bronfman.
Bronfman was educated at Selwyn House School in Montreal, Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario, and McGill University.
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He and Michael Steinhardt co-founded the Zionist charity Birthright Israel, a program which provides a free, educational travel experience to Israel for young Jewish adults aged 18 to 26. Bronfman is Chairman of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Inc., a family of charitable foundations operating in Israel, the U.S.A. and Canada. Bronfman is also responsible for the Charles Bronfman Prize, honoring individuals for their humanitarian contributions. The first winner was Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation founder Jay Feinberg.
Bronfman was a founding co-chairman of Historica, producers of the Heritage Minutes series of television shorts.
From November 1997 until July 2002, Bronfman was the Chairman of the Board of Koor Industries Ltd., one of Israel's largest investment holding companies. He is the co-chairman of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. From 1999 to 2001, Bronfman was the first Chairman of the United Jewish Communities, the merged North American organization comprising United Jewish Appeal, the Council of Jewish Federations and United Israel Appeal. He is a former Co-Chairman of the Seagram Company Ltd.
He is the widower of Andrea Morrison, who died on January 23, 2006 and between them, have 5 children and 4 grandchildren.
In 2008 Charles married for the third time to Bonita Roche in New York City. He owns a penthouse apartment in 1999 at 838 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan which had been converted from office space to a luxury condominium by Louis Dubin of Athena.[1][2][3]
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