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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.Шаблон:R They are major financiers of anti-vaccination groups.Шаблон:R

Early life and education

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

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.[2] It employs four people.[3]

Previously, he served as the Senior Managing Director at ING Furman Selz. He founded that firm in 1973. He began his career in the securities industry in 1960 at Lazard Freres.[1]

Charitable activities

The Selz Foundation has been described operating "with a focus on humanitarian, educational, geriatric, homeopathic, animal causes and the arts."Шаблон:R 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.[4]

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.Шаблон:R 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.Шаблон:R . In total, the Selz Foundation is estimated to have donated over $3 million to the anti-vaccine movement.Шаблон:R

Bernard Selz sits on the board of World Monuments Fund and has sat on the boards of the Center for Jewish History,[5] and the Frick Collection.[6]

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