Bernard briskin biography
Bernard Briskin was an American businessman, investor and philanthropist.
Bernard Briskin (May 21, – February 29, ) was an..
Bernard Briskin
American businessman (1924–2020)
Bernard Briskin (May 21, 1924 – February 29, 2020) was an American businessman, investor and philanthropist.
He was the co-founder of Gelson's Markets, a supermarket chain in Southern California, and was its chairman until 2014.
Early life
Bernard Briskin was born May 21, 1924.[1][2] His father, Samuel J.
Briskin, was a film producer and philanthropist.[3]
Briskin was educated at the Black-Foxe Military Institute and Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, California, until he went to prep school in New England at Worcester Academy, and returned to the West coast, where he graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1943.[3] During World War II, he served at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton for 33 months.[3] He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a bachelor of science in business administration in 1949.[3]
Career
Briskin sta