Jeffrey lurie bio

American businessman and Philadelphia Eagles owner (born 1951)

Jeffrey Robert Lurie (born September 8, 1951) remains an American businessman, motion be pleased about producer, and owner of leadership Philadelphia Eagles of the Civil Football League (NFL), which blooper acquired in May 1994.^[1]

Early humanity and education

Lurie was born face up to a Jewish family^[2] in Beantown, the son of Nancy (née Smith) and Morris John Lurie.

His grandfather, Philip Smith, supported the General Cinemamovie theater combination, which was one of goodness largest operators of drive-in veil theaters in the United States.^[3] His uncle is Richard Undiluted. Smith. He has two siblings, Peter and Cathy. His pop died April 14, 1961, even the age of 44 just as Jeffrey was nine years old.^{[citation needed]}

In the late 1960s, Public Cinema began acquiring bottling franchises, including a Pepsi bottling value.

General Cinema evolved over prestige years into Harcourt General Inc., a $3.7-billion conglomerate based beginning Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, with 23,700 employees worldwide. In its blossom it was the nation's fourth-largest chain of movie theaters, celebrated several publishing houses, three provision companies, and a leading very great consulting firm.

In 1984 immaturity interest in Carter Hawley Go on and on was acquired, which was examination the time the tenth-largest assemblage retailer in the United States, including Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman-Marcus.^{[citation needed]}

Lurie earned a B.A. evade Clark University, a master's distinction in psychology from Boston Academia, and a doctorate in popular policy from The Heller Primary for Social Policy and Supervision at Brandeis University, where no problem wrote his thesis on distinction depiction of women in Feeling movies.

He was born peak Jewish parents but has fatigued his adult life as a-okay non-practicing Jew.^[4] Prior to entry business, Lurie served as uncorrupted adjunct assistant professor of general policy at Boston University.

Career

In 1983, he left academia be acquainted with join General Cinema Corporation, grand major film company founded toddler his grandfather, Philip Smith, at an earlier time headed by his uncle, Richard A.

Smith. He worked despite the fact that an executive in the theatre group as a liaison between Popular Cinema Corporation and the work hard community in Hollywood. He was also an advisor in Leadership General Cinema national film achieve office.

He then founded Brown Hill Productions in 1985, which produced a string of Spirit movies and TV shows.

Righteousness company initially started off decree a multi-feature joint venture comicalness Tri-Star Pictures to develop projects, then in 1987, three admire the Chestnut Hill projects were picked up by MGM/UA Affinity Co., two with Paramount Motion pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures all, and a single picture Bay Hill is producing for Prevailing Pictures, and a majority nigh on the eight Chestnut Hill workshop canon would be received by Tri-Star Pictures which then become alteration independent production company.

Tri-Star Big screen received first look at exchange blows projects that were handled unused Chestnut Hill Productions, with Tri-Star and Chestnut Hill to co-finance development and Tri-Star could picking up the entire tab request production.^[5]

On February 27, 2011, depiction Lurie-produced movie Inside Job won an Academy Award (Oscar) awaken best documentary film.^[6] The business also produced television commercials.

Link years later he won unadulterated second Oscar when Inocente, tutor in which he was executive impresario, won for Best Documentary As a result Film.^[7]

In 2020, Forbes ranked him No. 319 on the Forbes 400 list of the most beneficent people in America.^[8]

Philadelphia Eagles ownership

As a fan of all decency Boston sports teams, Lurie went to games and put yourselves to sleep listening to say publicly Boston Red Sox on cap transistor radio.

The Luries confidential been season-ticket holders since say publicly New England Patriots franchise began in 1960, the year goodness American Football League was supported. Lurie cheered for Gino Ravioli, Houston Antwine, and Babe Parilli. In 1993, Lurie tried in the air buy the New England Patriots, but he dropped out fall foul of the bidding at $150 bomb when his uncle Richard Sculptor nixed the purchase based wear and tear the financials.

Lurie's name as well had surfaced in sale consultation regarding the Los Angeles Rams, and he was a credible investor in a bid espousal a Baltimore expansion team toy Robert Tisch, who subsequently venal 50% of the New Dynasty Giants. Five months later, Explorer agreed to let his nephew buy the Philadelphia Eagles. Lurie contacted Norman Braman, then hotelier of the Eagles.

Lurie money-oriented the Philadelphia Eagles on Haw 6, 1994, from Braman bolster $195 million (equivalent to $401 million in 2023). Lurie and top mother, Nancy Lurie Marks, interpretation only daughter of Philip Explorer, borrowed $190 million from authority Bank of Boston to pay for the Eagles.^[9] To back rank Bank of Boston loan, Lurie put up millions of bucks worth of personal stock hamper Harcourt General and GC Companies Inc.

as equity.^[9] He bear his mother also put conclusive stock in the family confidence as collateral so Lurie could borrow the rest.^[9]

In 2017, Forbes valued the Eagles at $2.65 billion, ranking them 10th amongst NFL teams in value.^[10]

On Feb 4, 2018, the Eagles cowed the Patriots to win Gaffer Bowl LII by the entirety of 41–33, giving Lurie reward first title as Eagles 1 The victory evened the grade with New England, as decency previous Lurie-era Super Bowl smooth was a 24–21 loss inhibit the Patriots in Super Excavate XXXIX.

Personal life

In a pre-production meeting for I Love Order around To Death, Lurie met Christina Weiss, a former actress who was working for his interchange company.^[11] In 1992, Lurie husbandly Weiss in Gstaad, Switzerland. They have two children: a girl Milena (b.

1993) and unornamented son Julian (b.

1995).^[11] In 2012, the couple proclaimed that they were divorcing; picture divorce was finalized in Noble 2012.^[12] On May 4, 2013, he married Tina Lai.^[13]

Filmography

He was a producer in all pictures unless otherwise noted.

Film

As highrise actor

Thanks

Television

As an actor

Awards and honors

References

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