Eli Broad | |
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Born | Bronx, New York, U.S. | June 6, 1933
Died | April 30, 2021 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 87)
Monuments | The Broad |
Alma mater | Michigan State University |
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Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | |
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]