Stewart A. Resnick
| Stewart Resnick | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 24, 1936 New Jersey, US |
| Residence | Beverly Hills, California, US |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA, JD) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Net worth | US$ 4.2 billion (February 2015) |
| Spouse(s) | Rona Celer (divorced) Lynda Rae Harris (1973–present) |
| Children |
with Cele: --Jeff Resnick --Ilene Resnick --Bill Resnick with Harris: --Jason Sinay (stepchild) --Jonathan Sinay (stepchild) |
Stewart A. Resnick (born 1936) is an American businessman.
Resnick was born in 1936, and raised in a middle-class Jewish family in New Jersey and later moved to California with his family in the 1950s. In 1959, he graduated with a BS and from the University of California, Los Angeles and then a JD from the UCLA School of Law. While in law school, he founded his first business, a janitorial services company, which he sold in 1969.
With the money he made from his first company, Resnick bought the Franklin Mint Company, a subsidiary of Roll International Corporation. Franklin Mint is known for making model cars, souvenir plates, figurines, and Civil War-inspired chess sets. Resnick has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Wonderful Company, formerly known as Roll Global, since 1962 and CEO and Chairman of Franklin Mint Company since 1985. He owns a number of major agribusinesses in the San Joaquin Valley including Paramount Citrus, POM Wonderful, Teleflora, Fiji Water, and Suterra. He also serves as President of Paramount Farms International. He sat on the Board of Directors of LeapFrog Enterprises from 2002 to 2005.
He sits on the board of trustees of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Bard College, the J. Paul Getty Trust and Conservation International. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
He is divorced from his first wife, Sandra Frazier. Since 1973, he has been married to Lynda Rae Harris. He has three children from his first marriage: Jeff Resnick, Ilene Resnick, and Bill Resnick; and two stepchildren from his marriage to Harris: Jason Sinay and Jonathan Sinay. They reside in Beverly Hills, California.
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