Last Updated: 09 Jun, 2023 | Views: 459
Age: 92
Profession: Business Men
Famous For: Real Estate Development
Higher Education: University of Washington (BA)
Net Worth: $17.4 Billion Approx.
About (Profile/Biography):
Donald Leroy Bren was one of the leading businessmen, born on May 11, 1932. His Jewish father, Milton served in the Navy, was an agent of talent, and produced movies. Donald Bren was raised by a mother who was of partially Irish descent and a civic leader. It is his company, the Irvine Company, that develops real estate in the United States.
Donald Bren Education:
• Graduation: Bachelor's degree in business administration and economics from the University of Washington
Donald Bren Career:
• 1958: Bren transfers to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and graduates with a degree in business administration.
• 1958-1963: Bren serves as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
• 1963: Bren starts his career in real estate by working for the development company William M. Collins Company in Newport Beach, California.
• 1967: Bren founds his own real estate development company, The Bren Company, which later becomes the Ivine Company.
• 1977: Bren becomes the principal owner and chairman of the Irvine Company, a major real estate development company in Southern California.
• 1983: Under Bren's leadership, the Irvine Company began the development of the master-planned community, Irvine Ranch, which became the largest and most successful planned communities in the United States.
• 2010: Bren signs The Giving Pledge, committing to give away the majority of the wealth to philanthropic causes.
Donald Bren Awards:
• 2011: first Vanguard Award by Urban Land Institute
• 2014: The 100 most influential people in Orange County by OC Register's list
• 2004: University of California Presidential Medal
• 1998: Marine Corps University Foundation's Semper Fidelis Award
Donald Bren Politics:
A Republican, Bren endorsed the Senate and gubernatorial campaigns of Pete Wilson and supported Democrat Dianne Feinstein, whom he called "one of California's best senators."
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