Zalman Chaim Bernstein | |
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Born | Sanford Bernstein 1926 |
Died | 1999 (age 72) |
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]
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]
Bernstein married three times [5] and had three children by his third wife, Mem Dryan Bernstein. [5] [8] [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 a friend of its rabbi, Shlomo Riskin. In 1989, he made aliyah (moved to Israel). [3] He also founded the Jewish organizations Avi Chai Foundation and Tikvah Fund. [4] [6] [10]
Zalman Chaim Bernstein, z'l, Avi Chai's founding donor… Zalman Bernstein's death in 1999
Zalman Chaim Bernstein | |
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Born | Sanford Bernstein 1926 |
Died | 1999 (age 72) |
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]
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]
Bernstein married three times [5] and had three children by his third wife, Mem Dryan Bernstein. [5] [8] [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 a friend of its rabbi, Shlomo Riskin. In 1989, he made aliyah (moved to Israel). [3] He also founded the Jewish organizations Avi Chai Foundation and Tikvah Fund. [4] [6] [10]
Zalman Chaim Bernstein, z'l, Avi Chai's founding donor… Zalman Bernstein's death in 1999