- Samuel Belzberg
Samuel Belzberg (born
June 26 ,1928 ) is a Canadian business man andphilanthropist .Born in
Calgary, Alberta , Belzberg was educated at theUniversity of Alberta .He was founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First City Financial Corporation Limited, a seven billion-dollar (Canadian dollars) full service financial institution. He is currently the President of Gibralt Capital Corporation, a Canadian private investment company.
In 1977, with a donation of $500,000, he helped fund the
Simon Wiesenthal Center inLos Angeles .He is the founder of both the Canadian and American
Dystonia Medical Research Foundations.In 1988 he was made a Member of the
Order of Canada and was promoted to Officer in 2001.He is married to Frances Belzberg. They have three daughters; Lisa, Wendy, and Sherry. They have a son named Marc. His daughter Wendy is married to
Strauss Zelnick , the founder and president of Zelnickmedia.
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