Benjamin Bronfman
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| Born |
Benjamin Zachary Bronfman August 6, 1982 New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Ben Brewer, BZB |
| Children | Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman (with MIA) |
| Parent(s) |
Edgar Bronfman, Jr. Sherry Brewer |
| Relatives |
Samuel Bronfman (great-grandfather) Edgar Miles Bronfman (grandfather) Vanessa (sister) Hannah Bronfman (sister) |
Benjamin Zachary Bronfman (born August 6, 1982) is an American environmentalist, entrepreneur and musician. As of 2014, Bronfman is a strategic advisor and principal investor with Algae Systems and an associate managing director at Global Thermostat, two "green" firms. He was a member of rock band The Exit (going by the name Ben Brewer) and he is currently a member of the music collective Teachers and co-founder of the Green Owl record label. He is the second-eldest child of actress Sherry Brewer and Edgar Bronfman, Jr. the former CEO of Warner Music Group.
With musician and activist Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, better known under the stage name M.I.A., Bronfman has a son named Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman, who was born on February 11, 2009.
Bronfman was born in New York City, and then lived in London briefly, during his father's tenure as managing director of Seagram Distilleries Europe. The family returned in 1984, once his father became President of Seagram's U.S. marketing division. His mother is African-American and his father is Jewish Canadian. He's a member of the Lehman family via his paternal grandmother, Ann Loeb Bronfman.
Bronfman attended The Collegiate School in New York City, graduating in 2000. He enrolled in Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied Politics and Law before dropping out.
Bronfman became interested in progressive environmental technologies & geo-engineering in 2007. Teaming with Columbia University economist Graciela Chichilinsky he embarked on a project to reduce the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide. In 2007, he became associate managing director of Global Thermostat, Chichilinsky and fellow Columbia Professor, Peter Eisenberger's technology firm focused on developing a technology for direct air-capture of carbon dioxide. The firm recently completed construction of its first pilot plant at The Stanford Research Institute. He was integral in convincing his father to invest in the firm, and thus the subsequent appointment of Edgar Bronfman Jr. as chairman. In 2010, Benjamin Bronfman was named Strategic Advisor of Global Thermostat. On November 13, 2010, Bronfman presented Global Thermostat's vision and process as a speaker at the TED Brooklyn Conference at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY.
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