| Samuel Belzberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 26, 1928 Calgary, Alberta |
| Awards | Order of Canada Order of British Columbia |
Samuel Belzberg, OC, OBC (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 was also an investor in American Water Development Inc, along with Maurice Strong and Alexander Crutchfield. 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. In 2009, he was made a member of the Order of British Columbia.
He is married to Frances Belzberg. They have four children: Marc, Lisa, Wendy, and Sherry. His daughter Wendy is married to Strauss Zelnick, the founder and president of Zelnickmedia.