Zalman Bernstein

Zalman Chaim Bernstein (1926–1999),[1] originally Sanford Bernstein, was a Jewish-American billionaire businessman and philanthropist.[2][3][4]

Biography

Zalman Bernstein was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1926.[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][5]

He worked as an economic advisor for the Marshall Plan.[4] In 1967, he founded the investment management firm Sanford Bernstein.[3][4]

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 Tikvah Fund, and he donated to the Shalem Center.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ http://www.jewlicious.com/2014/05/beit-avichais-jerusalem-and-the-jewish-people/
  3. 1 2 3 4 Zalman Bernstein, Wall Street giant, dies, j., February 5, 1999
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Shalem Center biography
  5. 1 2 Interview with Roger Hertog by Professor Joseph Weiler, Tikvah Center for Law & Jewish Civilization, September 19, 2008
  6. ↑ Bret Stephens, The Business of Big Ideas, Philanthropy Roundtable


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