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'''Charles Bronfman''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|CC}} (born June 27, 1931) is a Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist<ref>{{cite web |title=Grant Directory |url=http://www.acbp.net/grant-directory.php |website=The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies |access-date=26 March 2022 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327134533/http://www.acbp.net/grant-directory.php |url-status=live }}</ref> and is a member of the [[History of the Jews in Canada|Canadian Jewish]] [[Bronfman family]]. With an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion in 2023, Bronfman was ranked by ''[[Forbes]]'' as the 1,217th wealthiest person in the world.<ref name="Forbes-profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/charles-bronfman/ |title=The World's Billionaires: Charles Bronfman |website=Forbes |access-date=27 May 2020 |archive-date=December 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208110554/http://www.forbes.com/profile/charles-bronfman/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Bronfman was born into a [[Jewish]] family in [[Montreal]]. He is the son of [[Samuel Bronfman]] and [[Saidye Rosner Bronfman]]. He has two older sisters, the art patron Baroness [[Bronfman family#Family tree|Aileen "Minda" Bronfman de Gunzberg]], and architecture expert and developer [[Phyllis Lambert]]. His older brother, [[Edgar Bronfman, Sr.]], was his fellow co-chair of [[Seagram]]. [[Edgar Bronfman Jr.]] is Edgar's son. He was educated at [[Selwyn House School]] in Montreal, [[Trinity College School]] in [[Port Hope, Ontario]], and [[McGill University]]. Bronfman said he is Canadian in his heart but sought his dual citizenship in order to vote in the United States.<ref name=GAM-Lunch>{{cite news|last=Slater|first=Joanna|title=The Lunch: Charles Bronfman opens up about Seagram's demise: 'It is a disaster' |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/careers-leadership/charles-bronfman-opens-up-about-seagrams-demise-it-is-a-disaster/article10816816/?page=all|access-date=December 25, 2013|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=April 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=At age 90, Charles Bronfman reflects on business career, beloved Expos |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/at-age-90-charles-bronfman-reflects-on-business-career-beloved-expos |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=montrealgazette |language=en-CA |archive-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224203639/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/at-age-90-charles-bronfman-reflects-on-business-career-beloved-expos |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Business career ==
Bronfman held various positions in the family's liquor empire, [[Seagram]], from 1951 to 2000. In 1951 Bronfman's father [[Samuel Bronfman]] gave Charles a 33% ownership stake in [[Cemp Investments]], a holding company for him and his 3 siblings which controlled the family's corporate empire. Under the leadership of Charles and brother [[Edgar Bronfman Sr.|Edgar]], it controlled billions of dollars in liquor, real estate, oil and gas, and chemical companies.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Faith |first=Nicholas |title=The Bronfmans: The Rise and Fall of the House of Seagram |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |year=2007 |isbn=978-0312332204 |language=en}}</ref>

Bronfman and his brother, Edgar, inherited the [[Seagram]] spirits empire in 1971 after the death of their father, [[Sam Bronfman]]. Bronfman is a former co-chairman of the [[Seagram]] Company Ltd. On the 2000 demise of the company: "It was a disaster, it is a disaster, it will be a disaster," he says. "It was a family tragedy."<ref name=GAM-Lunch /><ref name=GAM-MakingofLunch>{{cite news|title=The making of Lunch with Charles Bronfman|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/video/video-the-making-of-lunch-with-charles-bronfman/article10824927/|access-date=December 25, 2013|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|format=video|date=April 5, 2013}}</ref>

Bronfman was also well known for his forays into professional sports. He was majority owner of [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Montreal Expos]] from the team's formation in 1968 until 1991. He sold the franchise for $100 million CAD to a consortium of local investors led by [[Claude Brochu]] on November 29, 1990.<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/11/29/Expos-sold-to-local-consortium/3146659854800/ "Expos sold to local consortium," ''United Press International'' (UPI), Thursday, November 29, 1990.] Retrieved March 14, 2023.</ref> The sale was completed {{frac|6|1|2}} months later on June 14, 1991.<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/06/14/Expos-sale-to-Brochu-official/2289676872000/ "Expos sale to Brochu official," ''United Press International'' (UPI), Friday, June 14, 1991.] Retrieved March 14, 2023.</ref> In 1982, a day after the [[Montreal Alouettes]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] collapsed due to financial troubles, Bronfman bought their remains and used them to start a new franchise, the Montreal Concordes. This venture proved far less successful – despite later rebranding the team as the Alouettes, the team folded prior to the start of the [[1987 CFL season]].

Since 1986, he has served as chairman of The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, Inc.<ref name=GAM-Lunch /> He planned to close the foundation in 2016.<ref name=Giving-Pledge />

From November 1997 until July 2002, Bronfman was the chairman of the board of Koor Industries Ltd.,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.koor.com/ |title=Website Koor |access-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226005624/http://www.koor.com/ |archive-date=December 26, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> one of Israel's largest investment holding companies. He is the co-chairman of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. From 1999 to 2001, Bronfman was the first chairman of the [[United Jewish Communities]], the merged North American organization comprising [[United Jewish Appeal]], the Council of Jewish Federations and [[United Israel Appeal]].

In April 2013, Bronfman was one of 100 prominent American Jews who sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] urging him to "work closely" with Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] "to devise pragmatic initiatives, consistent with Israel's security needs, which would represent Israel's readiness to make painful territorial sacrifices for the sake of peace."<ref name="Hareetz100">{{Cite news |title=100 American Jewish Leaders Urge Netanyahu to Show Readiness to Make 'Painful Territorial Sacrifices' |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2013-04-03/ty-article/u-s-jewish-leaders-to-pm-make-sacrifices/0000017f-dbca-db22-a17f-fffbf40a0000 |access-date=2023-02-19 |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127054216/https://www.haaretz.com/2013-04-03/ty-article/u-s-jewish-leaders-to-pm-make-sacrifices/0000017f-dbca-db22-a17f-fffbf40a0000 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Philanthropy ==
He and [[Michael Steinhardt]] co-founded [[Birthright Israel|Taglit Birthright]], a program which provides a free, educational travel experience to [[Israel]] for young Jewish adults. Bronfman is one of its principal donors. Since 1999, the program has sent more than 700,000 young Jews from around the world on a 10-day free trip to Israel.<ref name=GAM-Lunch />

In 1991, Bronfman with billionaire [[Leslie Wexner]] formed the "[[Mega Group]]",<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Encyclopaedia Judaica|date=2007|publisher=Macmillan Reference USA in association with the Keter Pub. House|others=Skolnik, Fred, Berenbaum, Michael, 1945–|isbn=9780028659282|edition= 2nd|location=Detroit|pages=32–34|oclc=70174939}}</ref> a loosely organized club of some the wealthiest and most influential businessmen who were concerned with Jewish issues. [[Max Fisher]], [[Michael Steinhardt]], [[Leonard Abramson]], [[Edgar Bronfman Sr.]], and [[Laurence Tisch]] were some of the members. The "Mega Group" would meet twice a year for two days of seminars related to the topic of philanthropy and Jewishness. In 1998, [[Steven Spielberg]] spoke about his personal religious journey, and later the group discussed Jewish summer camps.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Lisa |date=May 4, 1998 |title=Titans of Industry Join Forces To Work for Jewish Philanthropy |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB894240270899870000 |access-date=10 August 2019 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213041528/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB894240270899870000 |url-status=live }}</ref> The "Mega Group", went on to inspire a number of philanthropic initiatives such as the [[PEJE|Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education]], [[Birthright Israel]], and the upgrading of [[Hillel International|national Hillel]].<ref name=":1" />

He was linked to scandal in 1999, when it was revealed that funds he had donated to social causes were transferred to [[Ehud Barak]]'s election campaign for [[Prime Minister of Israel]], to which he had previously contributed, among others.<ref name=":0"/> Bronfman was the largest donor to contribute to the renovation of the [[Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center]] and has also contributed to the [[Israel Museum]].<ref name=":0"/> The [[Fredric R. Mann]] Auditorium was refurbished by Bronfman's donation, and reopened as the [[Heichal HaTarbut|Charles Bronfman Auditorium]], in May 2013.<ref>[https://www.e-architect.com/israel/charles-bronfman-auditorium Charles Bronfman Auditorium: Concert Hall Tel Aviv. 14 May 2013.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609175850/https://www.e-architect.com/israel/charles-bronfman-auditorium |date=June 9, 2023 }} e-architect. 9 June 2023.</ref>

Bronfman is chairman of the [[Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Inc.]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies |url=http://www.acbp.net/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=www.acbp.net |archive-date=December 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227130941/http://www.acbp.net/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a family of charitable foundations operating in Israel, the U.S., and Canada. Since its foundation in 1986,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.acbp.net/visual-timeline.php|title=The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies :: Visual Timeline|website=www.acbp.net|access-date=2019-10-01|archive-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105091825/http://www.acbp.net/visual-timeline.php|url-status=live}}</ref> the charity spent more than $340 million to about 1,820 organizations. In 2016 Bonfman closed the charity, which was planned over years.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Arnold |first1=Janice |date=2016-03-14 |title=Charles Bronfman winds down his philanthropic foundation |url=https://www.cjnews.com/news/international/charles-bronfman-winds-down-his-philanthropic-foundation |access-date=2019-10-01 |website=The Canadian Jewish News |language=en-US}}</ref> Bronfman is also responsible for [[The Charles Bronfman Prize]],<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=The Charles Bronfman Prize |url=https://thecharlesbronfmanprize.org/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=The Charles Bronfman Prize |language=en-US |archive-date=February 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219005317/https://thecharlesbronfmanprize.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> honoring individuals for their humanitarian contributions. The first winner was [[Gift of Life Marrow Registry]] founder [[Jay Feinberg]]. He also founded the CRB Foundation, which runs educational enrichment classes in outlying areas in collaboration with the Education Ministry in Israel.<ref name="Karev-About">{{cite web|url=http://www.karev.org.il/ContentItem.aspx?TypeMain=ContentItem&CID=3515&Status=Theme|title=About|publisher=Karev Foundation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722042352/http://www.karev.org.il/ContentItem.aspx?TypeMain=ContentItem&CID=3515&Status=Theme|archive-date=July 22, 2014|access-date=December 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/2013-03-17/ty-article/.premium/how-foreign-donors-reshaped-israel/0000017f-dc91-d3ff-a7ff-fdb15de90000|title=How foreign donors reshaped Israel: A who's who|last=Sadeh|first=Shuki|date=March 17, 2013|newspaper=Haaretz|access-date=9 June 2023|archive-date=January 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101182042/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/2013-03-17/ty-article/.premium/how-foreign-donors-reshaped-israel/0000017f-dc91-d3ff-a7ff-fdb15de90000|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bronfman was a founding co-chairman of [[Historica Canada]], producers of the ''[[Heritage Minutes]]'' series of television shorts. It was at an early meeting of this foundation (originally the CAB Foundation) that he asked the members, "If television can use 30 seconds or 60 seconds to persuade people that Cadillacs or cornflakes are interesting, couldn't we also use that short piece of time to persuade Canadians that their history is interesting? You tell me how to do it, and I'll fund it." It was out of that discussion that the ''[[Heritage Minutes]]'' were conceived, piloted, distributed through cinemas and broadcasters across the country, and then confirmed as a major contribution of the foundation – which a few years later became Historica, recently merged with the [[Dominion Institute]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/charles-bronfman|title=Charles Bronfman {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|access-date=2019-11-22|archive-date=March 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320201608/https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/charles-bronfman|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianbusiness.com/leadership/charles-bronfman-interview/|title=Seagram co-chairman Charles Bronfman on running a family business|website=www.canadianbusiness.com|access-date=2019-11-22|archive-date=April 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412194148/https://www.canadianbusiness.com/leadership/charles-bronfman-interview/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bronfman joined the [[Giving Pledge]], an initiative of the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].<ref name="Forbes-profile" /><ref name=Giving-Pledge>{{cite web|title=Charles Bronfman Letter|url=http://givingpledge.org/pdf/letters/Bronfman_C_Letter.pdf|work=The Giving Pledge|access-date=December 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213005151/http://givingpledge.org/pdf/letters/Bronfman_C_Letter.pdf|archive-date=December 13, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2022, he donated $5 million to [[McGill Institute for the Study of Canada]] (MISC), which he co-founded in 1994, for Conversations about Canada, launching with "Comparing Immigration Policies: Canada & the World" in 2023.<ref>[https://thecjn.ca/news/charles-bronfman-has-given-5m-to-mcgill-university-for-public-conversations-about-the-future-of-canada/ Charles Bronfman has given $5M to McGill University for public conversations about the future of Canada.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610152055/https://thecjn.ca/news/charles-bronfman-has-given-5m-to-mcgill-university-for-public-conversations-about-the-future-of-canada/ |date=June 10, 2023 }} [[The Canadian Jewish News]]. 10 June 2023.</ref>

Bronfman was one of the first signees of the [[Jewish Future Pledge]], a charitable campaign launched in 2020 modeled after The Giving Pledge to encourage [[American Jews]] to designate at least 50% of their charitable giving to Jewish- or Israel-related causes.<ref name="Launch">{{cite news |last1=Oster |first1=Marcy |title=New Jewish giving pledge takes a page from Gates and Buffett initiative |url=https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/new-jewish-giving-pledge-takes-a-page-from-gates-and-buffett-initiative |access-date=9 October 2023 |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=2020-05-14 |archive-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009071220/https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/new-jewish-giving-pledge-takes-a-page-from-gates-and-buffett-initiative |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Bronfman has been married four times:
* Barbara Baerwald (1938 – 2021). Married 1961,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fKob8vX7l_sC&q=Barbara+Baerwald&pg=PA45|title=Leo: A Life|last1=Kolber|first1=Leo|last2=MacDonald|first2=L. Ian|date=October 27, 2003|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP|isbn=9780773526341|pages=45|language=en}}</ref> divorced 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19820528&id=rYkxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BKUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3500,2848831&hl=en|title = The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search}}</ref> They had two children.<ref name=CBPrize>{{cite web|title=Charles Bronfman|url=http://www.thecharlesbronfmanprize.com/about-the-prize/charles-bronfman|work=The Charles Bronfman Prize|access-date=December 25, 2013|archive-date=December 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226000621/http://www.thecharlesbronfmanprize.com/about-the-prize/charles-bronfman|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Stephen Bronfman]] runs the investment firm founded by his father, Claridge. He is married to Claudine Blondin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Monte |title=The Other Bronfman |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/0904/132.html |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005003649/http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/0904/132.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** Ellen Jane Bronfman is married to [[Andrew Hauptman]]. They are the founders of the private investment firm [[Andell Holdings]], the former owner of the [[Chicago Fire Soccer Club]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Chris |title=Major League Soccer's Billionaire Owners |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2013/11/20/major-league-soccers-billionaire-owners/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=October 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009001338/http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2013/11/20/major-league-soccers-billionaire-owners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Andrea Bronfman|Andrea "Andy" Brett Morrison Cohen]] (1945 – 2006). They married in 1982. She died in 2006 after being struck by a taxi when she went out to walk her dog.<ref name=NYT-Andrea-obit>{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Andrea M. Bronfman, 60, an Internationally Noted Philanthropist, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/nyregion/25bronfman.html|access-date=December 25, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 25, 2006}}</ref> She has three children from a previous marriage to Canadian manufacturer David Cohen, a grandson of [[Lyon Cohen]] and cousin of singer [[Leonard Cohen]]: Jeremy Cohen, Pippa Cohen, and Tony Cohen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=2006-01-28 |title=Andrea Morrison Bronfman; active in Jewish causes; 60 |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060128/news_1m28bronfman.html |access-date= |website=Sign on San Diego |language=en-US |archive-date=April 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413173347/http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060128/news_1m28bronfman.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Bonita "Bonnie" Roche. In 2008, married Roche, an architect, in New York City. They divorced in 2011, on amicable terms, celebrating their divorce with a lavish "divorce party."<ref name=NYT-DivorceStyle>{{cite news |last=Fabrikant |first=Geraldine |title=Divorce, in Style|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/fashion/celebrating-a-divorce-with-a-party-noticed.html|access-date=December 25, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 13, 2011}}</ref>
* Rita Mayo. They married in 2012.<ref name=GAM-Lunch />

== Awards and honours ==
* 1981: Made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Spirited Commitment: The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation|last1=MacLeod|first1=Roderick|last2=Abrahamson|first2=Eric John|year=2010|location=Quebec|pages=108}}</ref>
* 1990: Doctorate of Philosophy, [[Honorary degree|Honoris Causa]] awarded from [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nefca.org/2ndbroadwaypurimshpiel/Charles.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714131130/https://www.nefca.org/2ndbroadwaypurimshpiel/Charles.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2024|title=THE HONOURABLE CHARLES ROSNER BRONFMAN, P.C., C.C.}}</ref>
* 1990: Doctorate of Laws, Honoris Causa received from [[McGill University Faculty of Law|McGill University]].<ref name=":2" />
* 1992: Member of the [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Art of Giving: Where the Soul Meets a Business Plan|last1=Bronfman|first1=Charles|last2=Solomon|first2=Jeffrey R.|year=2010|pages=264}}</ref>
* 1992: Promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada<ref>{{Canadian honour|Type=orc|ID=3002|accessdate=May 24, 2010}}</ref>
* 1992: Doctorate of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa from [[Brandeis University]]<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brandeis.edu/trustees/hdr/recipients.html|title=Honorary Degree Recipients {{!}} Board of Trustees {{!}} Brandeis University|website=www.brandeis.edu|access-date=2019-11-22|archive-date=May 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519115949/http://www.brandeis.edu/trustees/hdr/recipients.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1992: Doctorate of Laws, Honoris Causa from [[Concordia University (Montreal)|Concordia University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/content/concordia/en/offices/archives/honorary-degree-recipients/1992/06/charles-bronfman.html|title=Honorary degree citation - Charles&nbsp;Bronfman|website=www.concordia.ca|access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref>
* 1993: [[Montreal Expos#Montreal Expos Hall of Fame|Montreal Expos Hall of Fame]]
* 1995: Doctorate of Laws, Honoris Causa from the [[University of Waterloo]]<ref name=":2" />
* 2000: Doctorate of Laws, Honoris Causa from the [[University of Toronto]]<ref name=":3" />
* 2002: Bronfman, along with his wife Andrea, were awarded [[Honorary citizenship|Honorary Citizenship]] of [[Jerusalem]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tiger21.com/presenter-bio/1859|title=Presenter|website=TIGER 21|language=en|access-date=2019-11-22|archive-date=March 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318151123/http://tiger21.com/presenter-bio/1859|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2017: Doctor of Hebrew Letters, Honoris Causa from the [[Jewish Theological Seminary of America]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=JTS Commencement Recognized Graduating Class of 2017 with Address from Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen - Jewish Theological Seminary |url=https://www.jtsa.edu/news/jts-commencement-recognized-class-of-2017/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=www.jtsa.edu |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2019: Honorary citizen, invited by the City of Montreal to sign the city's book of honour<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5299803/city-of-montreal-honorary-citizen-charles-bronfman/|title=City of Montreal honours businessman, philanthropist Charles Bronfman - Montreal {{!}} Globalnews.ca|date=2019-05-21|website=globalnews.ca|language=en|access-date=2019-10-01|archive-date=October 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001102436/https://globalnews.ca/news/5299803/city-of-montreal-honorary-citizen-charles-bronfman/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Works or publications ==
* Bronfman, Charles, and Jeffrey Solomon. ''The Art of Doing Good: Where Passion Meets Action.'' San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2012. {{ISBN|978-1-1182-8574-9}}
* Bronfman, Charles, and Jeffrey Solomon. ''The Art of Giving: Where the Soul Meets a Business Plan.'' San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-4705-0146-7}}
* [http://findingaids.hagley.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/2173.xml Seagram Museum collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711023410/https://findingaids.hagley.org/xtf/view?docId=ead%2F2173.xml |date=July 11, 2020 }} at [[Hagley Museum and Library]] ''(finding aid)''

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== External links ==
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/charles-bronfman/ Charles Bronfman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225152714/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/charles-bronfman/ |date=December 25, 2013 }} at [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bronfman-family/ Bronfman Family] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224232703/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bronfman-family/ |date=December 24, 2013 }} at The Canadian Encyclopedia

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