Zalman Bernstein
Zalman Chaim Bernstein | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sanford Bernstein 1926 |
| Died | 1999 (age 72) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.S. New York University M.S. Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | Investor |
| Known for | Co-founder of Sanford C. Bernstein Company |
Zalman Chaim Bernstein (1926-1999; זלמן חיים ברנשטיין),[1] originally known in his businesses as Sanford Bernstein, was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist.[2][3][4]
Biography[]
Zalman Bernstein was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York in 1926.[5][4] At the age of eighteen, he joined the United States Navy and fought in the Second World War.[4] He then received a bachelor's degree in economics from New York University, followed by a master's degree in economics from the Harvard Business School.[4][6]
He worked as an economic advisor for the Marshall Plan.[4] In 1967, he founded the investment management firm Sanford Bernstein.[3][4] When he first founded Sanford C. Bernstein, his brother Paul P. Bernstein was his sole partner.[7]
Personal life[]
Bernstein married three times.[5] He was survived by his third wife, Mem Dryan Bernstein; and three children, Claude Bernstein, Leslie Bernstein Armstrong, and Rochel Leah Bernstein;[5][8] and three stepchildren, Geoffrey Dryan, Suzanne Dryan Felson, and Jennifer Dryan Farkas.[9] He died of lymphoma in 1999.[5]
In the 1980s, he became an Orthodox Jew and dropped his English name, Sanford, for his Hebrew one, Zalman.[3] He attended Lincoln Square Synagogue and became an intimate of its rabbi, Shlomo Riskin. In 1989, he made aliyah and moved to Israel.[3] He also founded the Jewish organizations Avi Chai Foundation and , and he donated to the Shalem Center.[4][6][10]
References[]
- ^ Leishman, Joel L.; Proscio, Tony (4 April 2010). "First Annual Report to The Avi Chai Foundation on the Progress of its Decision to Spend Down" (PDF). pp. 2, 8. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
Zalman Chaim Bernstein, z'l, Avi Chai's founding donor… Zalman Bernstein's death in 1999
- ^ ck (2014-05-19). "Beit Avichai's Jerusalem and the Jewish People". Jewlicious. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Zalman Bernstein, Wall Street giant, dies, j., February 5, 1999
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g The Shalem Center biography
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Thomes Jr., Robert MCG. (January 9, 1999). "Zalman C. Bernstein, 72, Iconoclastic Broker". The New York Times.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Interview with Roger Hertog by Professor Joseph Weiler, , September 19, 2008
- ^ Fund, Tikvah. "Zalman Chaim Bernstein 1926-1999" (PDF). tikvahfund.org/.
- ^ Dryan Bernstein, Mem (January 2011). "Sunsetting a Foundation" (PDF). Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Ideas.
- ^ Lippman, Steve (January 15, 1999). "Sanford Bernstein's Second Life". The New York Jewish Week.
- ^ Bret Stephens, The Business of Big Ideas, Philanthropy Roundtable
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