Bernard Selz

Bernard Thierry Selz (born February 7, 1940) is a fund manager and anti-vaccination supporter based in Manhattan. His wife Lisa serves as president of the Selz Foundation, a charitable group.[1] They are major financiers of anti-vaccination groups.[1]

Bernard Selz
Born (1940-02-07) February 7, 1940
NationalityAmerican
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFounder of Selz Capital
Spouse(s)Lisa Belz
Children2

Early life and education

Selz and earned a bachelor's of art degree from Columbia College in 1960.[2] He is married to Lisa Selz; they have two adult children.[1]

Businesses

Selz founded Selz Capital in November 2003. The firm is headquartered in New York City. It has approximately $750 million of from 24 high net worth clients under management.[3] It employs four people.[4]

Previously, he served as the Senior Managing Director at ING Furman Selz. He founded that firm in 1973. Selz began his career in the securities industry in 1960 at Lazard Freres.[2]

Charitable activities

The Selz Foundation has been described operating "with a focus on humanitarian, educational, geriatric, homeopathic, animal causes and the arts."[1] The foundation has been a major supporter of LaGuardia Community College in Queens and Columbia University where it has endowed professorships in medieval art and Pre-Columbian art and archaeology. The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests.[5]

The Selz Foundation provides roughly three-fourths of the funding for the Informed Consent Action Network, an anti-vaccination charity led by Lisa Selz and Del Bigtree.[1] The foundation also gave $1.6 million to two non-profits, one of which (AMC Foundation) funded Autism Media Channel LLC, the group that produced the 2016 American documentary film Vaxxed.[1]:1 . In total, the Selz Foundation is estimated to have donated over $3 million to the anti-vaccine movement.[1]:1

Bernard Selz has sat on the boards of the Center for Jewish History,[6] and the Frick Collection.

References
  1. Sun, Lena H.; Brittain, Amy (19 June 2019). "Meet the New York couple donating millions to the anti-vax movement". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2019-06-19. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. "Company Overview of Selz Capital LLC". Bloomburg. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  3. "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Form ADV". adviserinfo.sec.gov. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  4. "SELZ CAPITAL LLC". Whale Wisdom. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  5. Adeniji, Ade. "How This Wealthy Couple Supports Archaeology and Arts on Campus". Inside Philanthropy. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  6. Feldman, Ari (June 19, 2019). "Wealthy Jewish Philanthropists Responsible For Funding Anti-Vaccine Organizations". Jewish Daily Forward.
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