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Editorial: Eli Broad shaped arts, schools and downtown. L.A. needs more philanthropists like him The Times Editorial Board © (Jay L. Clendenin/ Los Angeles Times) Eli Broad (Jay L. Clendenin/ Los Angeles Times) Eli Broad was a stubborn man, sometimes irascible and often too controlling — but one of the relatively few people of great wealth to shower his philanthropic largesse on Los Angeles and California. There are many generous people in this area, but they tend to give t...

Eli Broad, magnate and philanthropist who gave tens of millions to MSU, dies at 87 Eli Broad, magnate and philanthropist who gave tens of millions to MSU, dies at 87 Staff and wire services AP In this Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, file photo, Billionaire Eli Broad attends the unveiling of the Broad Art Foundation contemporary art museum designs in Los Angeles. Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur who co-founded homebuilding pioneer Kaufman and Broad I...

Statement By Wallis Annenberg On The Passing Of Eli Broad News provided by Share this article Share this article LOS ANGELES, May 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A statement by Wallis Annenberg, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of the Annenberg Foundation, on the passing of Eli Broad: "Los Angeles has lost a true giant tonight, and Ive lost a dear friend and cherished philanthropic partner. There wont be another Eli Broad – someone with a bold vision of what this city could be, and the brilli...

Credit steve carmody / Michigan Radio Eli Broad, a Michigan State University alumnus who became a billionaire philanthropist and contemporary art collector, has died. He was 87. Suzi Emmerling, a spokeswoman for the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, confirmed his death to The Associated Press. She said Broad died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after a long illness. After graduating from MSU in 1954, Broad co-founded homebuilding pioneer Kaufman and Broad Inc. and launched financial services gian...

By Conway Crew May 1, 2021 Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 87. He was an entrepreneur who co-founded homebuilding pioneer Kaufman and Broad Inc. and launched financial services giant SunAmerica Inc., Gerun Riley, president of The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, said in a statement Friday- “As a businessman Eli saw around corners, as a philanthropist he saw the problems in the world and tried to fix them, as a citizen he saw the possibility in ou...

Courtesy / Eli Broad, Facebook Eli Broad, the wealthy donor and namesake of Michigan State University’s College of Business and the Broad Art Museum at MSU, has died at the age of 87. Broad was a Detroit native, a graduate of MSU (then called Michigan State College), and a self-made billionaire who founded two Fortune 500 companies.         The Broad College of Business held four in-person commencement ceremonies Friday, and one more is scheduled on campus Saturday morning.   Tags:�...

Print When Eli Broad flew into Los Angeles International Airport in 1963 with his wife, Edye, the 30-year-old self-made millionaire was not impressed. “The ground below us called to mind the old saying,” he would later write, “‘Los Angeles is 100 suburbs in search of a city.’” When he died Friday, he was an 87-year-old billionaire who had a greater impact on his adopted home than perhaps anyone else in this city’s modern history. Broad left an indelible imprint on the city he onc...

Eli Broad, whose gift established a science powerhouse, dies at 87 By Jeremy C. Fox — Boston Globe and Globe wire services May 1, 2021Reprints Billionaire Eli Broad attends the unveiling of the Broad Art Foundation contemporary art museum designs in Los Angeles in 2011. Broad, a patron of arts and sciences, died Friday at 87. Jae C. Hong/AP Eli Broad, the billionaire entrepreneur whose philanthropy enabled the creation of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, o...

Eli Broad, magnate and philanthropist who gave generously to MSU, dies at 87 Eli Broad, magnate and philanthropist who gave generously to MSU, dies at 87 Staff and wire services AP In this Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, file photo, Billionaire Eli Broad attends the unveiling of the Broad Art Foundation contemporary art museum designs in Los Angeles. Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur who co-founded homebuilding pioneer Kaufman and Broad Inc. and laun...

Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur who co-founded homebuilding pioneer Kaufman and Broad Inc. and launched financial services giant SunAmerica Inc., died Friday in Los Angeles. Suzi Emmerling, a spokeswoman for the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, confirmed his death to The Associated Press. Emmerling said Broad died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after a long illness.