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'''Benjamin Zachary Bronfman''' (born August 6, 1982) is an [[United States|American]] [[Ecopreneurship|environment entrepreneur]], activist and [[Grammy Nominees|Grammy-nominated]] musician. Bronfman is a founding partner and board member of [https://www.globalthermostat.com/ Global Thermostat], a Direct air capture company which removes CO2 from the atmosphere.
'''Benjamin Zachary Bronfman''' (born August 6, 1982) is an [[United States|American]] [[Ecopreneurship|environmental entrepreneur]], activist and [[Grammy Nominees|Grammy-nominated]] musician. Bronfman is a founding partner and board member of [https://www.globalthermostat.com/ Global Thermostat], a [[Direct air capture]] company which removes CO2 from the atmosphere.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
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==Non-Profit work & Activism ==
==Non-Profit work & Activism ==
Since 2010, Bronfman has engaged in cannabis advocacy efforts aimed at promoting legislative changes that would grant patients access to cannabis.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://academic.oup.com/publius/article/50/3/344/5819235 |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=academic.oup.com}}</ref>
Since 2010, Bronfman has engaged in cannabis advocacy efforts aimed at promoting legislative changes that would grant patients access to cannabis.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Daniel J Mallinson |date=11 April 2020 |title=Policy and Political Learning: The Development of Medical Marijuana Policies in the States |url=https://academic.oup.com/publius/article/50/3/344/5819235?login=false |journal=Publius}}</ref>


He has served on the boards of the following non-profit organisations
He has served on the boards of the following non-profit organisations

Revision as of 05:20, 17 September 2023

Not to be confused with Benjamin Brafman.

Benjamin Bronfman
File:Benjamin Bronfman.jpg
Born
Benjamin Zachary Bronfman

(1982-08-06) August 6, 1982 (age 41)
New York City, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, musician
PartnerM.I.A. (2008–2012)
ChildrenIkhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman
Parent(s)Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Sherry Brewer
RelativesJohn Langeloth Loeb Sr. (great-grandfather)
Samuel Bronfman (great-grandfather)
Edgar Miles Bronfman (grandfather)
Hannah Bronfman (sister)

Benjamin Zachary Bronfman (born August 6, 1982) is an American environmental entrepreneur, activist and Grammy-nominated musician. Bronfman is a founding partner and board member of Global Thermostat, a Direct air capture company which removes CO2 from the atmosphere.

Early life and education

Benjamin Zachary Bronfman was born on August 6, 1982 in New York City to African- American actress Sherry Brewer Bronfman and Edgar Bronfman Jr., former CEO of Warner Music Group and Heir to one of the most influential Jewish families in the world.

Bronfman lived in London briefly when his father served as Managing Director of Seagram Distilleries Europe, then the family returned to New York in 1984 once his father became President of Seagram 's US marketing division[1].

Bronfman attended Collegiate High School in New York city graduating in 2000. He enrolled in Emerson college in Boston, Massachusetts where he studied politics and law.

Environment and technology

In 2007, Bronfman became captivated by the concept of direct carbon dioxide removal from the Earth's atmosphere, teamed up with Columbia University economist Graciela Chichilinsky and founded Global Thermostat. He is currently a founding partner and a member of the board of directors.[2]

Global Thermostat completed the construction of its first pilot plant at The Stanford Research Institute on Nov 13, 2010. [3]

Bronfman at TEDx Brooklyn on November 13,2010 presenting Global Thermostat vision and process.

In the year 2018, Bronfman founded DGH, a boutique investment firm for the medical cannabis industry which invested in Bedrocan International. He then contributed as a member of the board of directors from 2018 - 2023 at Bedrocan International., a pharmaceutically focused medical cannabis API supply company in Europe.

Music

Bronfman performing with The Exit in 2004

A music enthusiast since his childhood, Bronfman met Gunnar Olsen in high school and both performed in various bands. One of those bands became an early incarnation of The Exit in 2000 when Bronfman met Jeff DaRosa while attending Emerson College in Boston. The Exit is a critically acclaimed, New York City-based Indie / Post-Punk / Reggae group released two albums.

Bronfman received a Grammy nomination for Best rap song for his collaborative contribution to Kayne West's single "New Slaves" featured on the album "Yeezus".[4] Additionally, he co-produced the track "Monster" which was included on Kanye West's Grammy Award-winning album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy".

Bronfman is also the founder of Green Owl, the world's first sustainably focused record label.[5]

Albums
Year Album Track List
2002 New Beat
  1. Worthless
  2. Lonely Man's wallet
  3. Sit and wait
  4. Scream and shout
  5. Trapped
  6. Find me
  7. Still waiting
  8. When I'm Free
  9. Defacto
  10. Question the Chorus
  11. Watertown
2004 Home for an Island
  1. Don't Push
  2. Let's go down the Haiti
  3. Back to the Rebels
  4. Home for an Island
  5. Pressure cooker
  6. Tell me all again
  7. The sun will rise in Queens
  8. Soldier
  9. Warm summer days
  10. Darlin
  11. So leave then
  12. Alredy gone
EPs
Year Title
2004 Sing four favorites
2006 The live session EP (iTunes exclusive release)
Music video
Year Title Directed by
2002 Lonely Man's wallet Major Lightner
2004 Let's go to Haiti Major Lightner
2005 Don't push Terry Timley
2005 Soldier Lightner
2006 Back to the Rebels Lightner and Javier Hernandez

Non-Profit work & Activism

Since 2010, Bronfman has engaged in cannabis advocacy efforts aimed at promoting legislative changes that would grant patients access to cannabis.[6]

He has served on the boards of the following non-profit organisations

  1. Founding Board Member Pioneer works
  2. Board Member Liberty Science Centre
  3. Board Member Americans for Safe Access
  4. Board Member 15 Percent Piedge

Personal life

Bronfman met British rapper M.I.A. in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York in 2008. They became engaged and M.I.A gave birth to their son, Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman, on February 13, 2009.[7] In February 2012, it was announced that the two had separated.[8]

Bronfman has two sisters, Hannah and Vanessa.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Seagram Company Ltd. | Alcoholic Beverages, Spirits & Liquor | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  2. ^ "About | Global Thermostat". www.globalthermostat.com. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Can a 'Global Thermostat' Turn Climate Change Around? | GreenBiz". www.greenbiz.com. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  4. ^ Dec. 6; 2013. "Grammy nominations 2014: The top nominees -- Chicago Tribune". galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved September 16, 2023. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Nast, Condé (April 8, 2008). "Green Beat: The First Eco-friendly Record Label". Vanity Fair. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  6. ^ Daniel J Mallinson (April 11, 2020). "Policy and Political Learning: The Development of Medical Marijuana Policies in the States". Publius.
  7. ^ Pompeo, Joe. "The Bed-Stuy Bronfman", The New York Observer, November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  8. ^ https://www.globalthermostat.com/about
  9. ^ Ogunnaike, Lola (July 15, 2011). "EBONY: Meet The Black Bronfmans". SandraRose.com. Retrieved September 24, 2015.

External links

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