Samuel Belzberg
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Samuel Belzberg (born June 26, 1928) is a Canadian business man and philanthropist.
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Belzberg was educated at the University 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 in Los 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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