Bernard Selz

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Bernard Selz
Born (1940-02-07) February 7, 1940 (age 83)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFounder of Selz Capital
SpouseLisa Selz
Children2

Bernard Thierry Selz (born February 7, 1940) is a fund manager and anti-vaccination supporter based in Manhattan. His wife Lisa serves as president of the Selz Foundation, a charitable group. [1] They are major financiers of anti-vaccination groups. [1]

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Early life and education

Selz earned a bachelor's of art degree from Columbia College in 1960. [2] He is married to Lisa Selz; they have two adult children. [1]

Businesses

Selz founded Selz Capital in November 2003. The firm is headquartered in New York City. It has approximately $750 million from 24 high net worth clients under management. [3] It employs four people. [4]

Previously, he served as the Senior Managing Director at ING Furman Selz. He founded that firm in 1973. Selz began his career in the securities industry in 1960 at Lazard Freres. [2]

Charitable activities

The Selz Foundation has been described operating "with a focus on humanitarian, educational, geriatric, homeopathic, animal causes and the arts." [1] The foundation has been a major supporter of LaGuardia Community College in Queens and Columbia University where it has endowed professorships in medieval art and Pre-Columbian art and archaeology. The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests. [5]

The Selz Foundation provides roughly three-fourths of the funding for the Informed Consent Action Network, an anti-vaccination charity led by Lisa Selz and Del Bigtree. [1] The foundation also gave $1.6 million to two non-profits, one of which (AMC Foundation) funded Autism Media Channel LLC, the group that produced the 2016 American documentary film Vaxxed. [1] :1 . In total, the Selz Foundation is estimated to have donated over $3 million to the anti-vaccine movement. [1] :1

Bernard Selz sits on the board of World Monuments Fund and has sat on the boards of the Center for Jewish History, [6] and the Frick Collection. [7]

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