Eli Broad
Eli Broad | |
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.jpg) Broad in 2008 | |
| Born | June 6, 1933 Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 30, 2021 (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Monuments | The Broad |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University |
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Edythe Lawson (m. 1954) |
| Children | 2 |
Eli Broad (/broʊd/ BROHD;[1] June 6, 1933 – April 30, 2021) was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. In June 2019, Forbes ranked Broad as the 233rd-wealthiest person in the world[2] and the 78th-wealthiest person in the United States. He had a net worth of $6.7 billion.[3]
Broad was known for his philanthropic work to public K–12 education, scientific and medical research and the visual and performing arts.[4]
Eli Broad died on April 30, 2021, at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, after a long illness, less than two months before his 88th birthday.[1]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Eli Broad, Billionaire Entrepreneur Who Reshaped Los Angeles, Dies at 87". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ↑ "Eli Broad". Forbes. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
- ↑ "Forbes 400 2018". Forbes. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
- ↑ "Eli and Edythe Broad". The Broad. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
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