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Samuel Belzberg was born on 26 June, 1928 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is a Canadian businessman (1928–2018). Discover Samuel Belzberg's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?

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Occupation Businessman, philanthropist
Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 26 June 1928
Birthday 26 June
Birthplace Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Date of death 2018
Died Place Vancouver, British Columbia
Nationality Canada

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Who Is Samuel Belzberg's Wife?

His wife is Frances Belzberg

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Samuel Belzberg Net Worth

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1928

Samuel Belzberg, (June 26, 1928 – March 30, 2018) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.

Samuel Belzberg was born to a Jewish family in Calgary, Alberta and educated at the University of Alberta.

1962

In 1962, he founded the provincial trust company, City Savings and Trust in Edmonton which was heavily involved in real-estate development financing.

1968

In 1968, he moved to Vancouver with his brothers, Hyman Belzberg (1925-2017) and William Belzberg (1932-2014), and formed Western Realty.

1970

In 1970, he founded First City Financial Corp as the parent company for City Savings and Trust.

1973

In 1973, Belzberg and his brothers sold Western Realty and purchased Far West Financial Corp of California, marking their entrance into the United States.

1980

By the late 1980s, First City Financial Corp, now a diversified holding company, had assets of $5.4 billion with operations in Canada and the US.

1985

First City was involved in many large investment transactions including Bache Securities before it was sold to Prudential, Gulf Oil, Armstrong World (a large building supply company) and Scovill (a manufacturing company which included Yale Locks, Hamilton Beach, NuTone) which they purchased in 1985 for $523 million.

1989

He was awarded the Order of Canada in 1989 from the Governor General, and also in 1989 he received an honorary doctorate from Simon Fraser University.

The "Samuel and Frances Belzberg Library" at Simon Fraser University is named after the couple.

1990

During the 1990s, Belzberg founded Balfour Holdings Ltd., a real estate company which, at its peak, operated over 26 projects spreading through the United States.

Balfour's mandate was to profit from the dislocations in value in the United States due to the Savings and Loan crisis.

Balfour subdivided and serviced its purchased lands and sold the lots to National Builders.

During the 1990s, Mr. Belzberg was an active acquirer of distressed property in Alberta where values had dramatically declined due to the softness in the oil industry.

These properties were subsequently divested when the market recovered.

His daughter Wendy married Strauss Zelnick, the founder of ZMC and head of Take Two Interactive in 1990.

His daughter Lisa, was married to and has three children (Sasha, Tess and Ezekiel) with American businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist Matthew Bronfman, son of Canadian billionaire Edgar Bronfman Sr..

1992

In 1992, Belzberg started a private real estate and equity investments company, which is now called Gibralt Capital Corporation.

Belzberg served on various Board of Directors and is involved with numerous charities.

1997

In 1997, Balfour was sold to The Blackstone Group, a large U.S. private equity group and generated realized returns in excess of 20% per annum.

2018

Belzberg died on March 30, 2018, in Vancouver, and is survived by his wife of 68 years, Frances, and four children: Marc, Lisa, Wendy, and Sherry.