Bernard Briskin

Bernard Briskin
Born 1925/1926 (age 92–93)[1]
Education Black-Foxe Military Institute
Beverly Hills High School
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation Businessman
Spouse(s) Judy Briskin
Parent(s) Samuel J. Briskin

Bernard Briskin (born c. 1925) is an American businessman, investor and philanthropist. He was the co-founder of Gelson's Markets, a supermarket chain in Southern California, and served as its chairman until 2014.

Early life

Bernard Briskin was born circa 1925.[1] His father, Samuel J. Briskin, was a film producer and philanthropist.[2]

Briskin was educated at the Black-Foxe Military Institute and Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, California, until he went to prep school in New England, and returned to the West coast, where he graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1943.[2] During World War II, he served at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton for 33 months.[2] He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a bachelor of science in business administration in 1949.[2]

Career

Briskin started his career as Norton Simon's assistant.[2]

Briskin co-founded Gelson's Markets, a supermarket chain in Southern California, in 1951.[1] He served as the chief executive officer and president of the Arden Group (a holding company for Gelson's Markets which includes two subsidiaries, Arden-Mayfair and Mayfair Reality) from 1978 to 2014, and as its chairman from 1994 to 2014.[1]

Briskin serves as the chairman, president and chief executive officer of AMG Holdings,[1] an investment holding company founded in 2011 and based in the Cayman Islands.[3]

Philanthropy

Through the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, Briskin has made charitable contributions to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.[2] He has also supported the Temple Israel of Hollywood, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging, and the Venice Family Clinic.[2] In 2015, he endowed the Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California.[4]

Personal life

Briskin has a wife, Judy.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Company Overview of Arden-Mayfair, Inc.: Bernard Briskin". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Coleman, Laura (November 13, 2015). "Beverly Hills Elder--Bernard, Judy, Lifelong Philanthropists" (PDF). The Beverly Hills Courier. Beverly Hills, California. pp. 1, 18. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Company Overview of AMG Holdings Limited". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ "BRISKIN FAMILY FOUNDATION GIFT TO CREATE MYELOMA CENTER AT CITY OF HOPE". City of Hope National Medical Center. September 23, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
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