OK HOLD ON........... THE RABBIT HOLE GOES DEEP HERE
wait... what a small world...
So the father of this chic is the Heir of Seagram is also the former CEO of Warner?
not only that...
The father's father was Canadian-born Bronfman, a long-serving president of the World Jewish Congress???
Canadian-born Bronfman, a long-serving president of the World Jewish Congress
“Edgar was a giant among Jewish leaders, and a mentor and friend to everyone associated”
Edgar Bronfman Jr., to sell Seagram’s 25 percent stake in DuPont Co. and plunge into the entertainment business.
Seagram diversified in 1953 with a U.S. oil investment. Ten years later, Seagram invested $65 million in Texas Pacific Oil and Coal.
Edgar Bronfman Jr. was named Seagram’s president and chief operating officer in 1989. Four years later, he championed an investment in Time Warner Inc., which stalled at 15 percent after Time Warner erected takeover defenses.
In 1995, less than a year after replacing his father as chief executive, Edgar Bronfman Jr. persuaded the Seagram board to sell the DuPont stake -- which had generated nearly $300 million in dividends the prior year -- and acquire MCA Inc., owner of Universal Studios.
In 1982, Bronfman became the first representative of any Jewish organization to speak before the United Nations