Marcel Adams | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marcel Abramovich 2 August 1920
Piatra Neamț, Romania |
| Died | 11 August 2020 (aged 100)
Montreal, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian/Romanian/Israeli |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Founder of Iberville Developments |
| Spouse |
Annie Adams
(
m. 1953; died 1997) |
| Children | 4, including Sylvan Adams |
Marcel Adams (2 August 1920 – 11 August 2020) [1] was a Canadian real estate investor, billionaire, and Holocaust survivor. [2]
Biography
Marcel Abramovich (later Adams) was born to a Jewish family in Romania in 1920. [2] His father was a tanner. [3] During World War II he was forced to work in Nazi labor camps (1941-1944). [4] He escaped and fled first to Turkey and then to Mandatory Palestine where he fought for the independence of Israel. [3] In 1951, he immigrated to Canada where he worked at a Quebec City tannery. [5] In 1955, he began investing in real estate making a 70% profit on his first building. [3] In 1958, he founded Iberville Developments [2] and in 1959, he opened his first mall. [3] Adams retired and his son, Sylvan Adams, operated the company for almost 25 years, [6] before being succeeded by his own son, Josh. [2] [7] As of 2017, Iberville owns and manages a diverse portfolio of over 100 properties consisting of eight million square feet. [2]
Personal life
In 1953, he married Annie Adams; they had four children: Julian, Sylvan, Linda, and Leora. [3] His son Julian is a biochemist who led a team that developed the drug Velcade; his son Sylvan ran Iberville; [3] his daughter Linda is a lawyer married to commentator Gil Troy; and his daughter Leora is a nurse. [3] Annie died in November 1997. [8]
Adams died on August 11, 2020. [9]
References
- ^ Florin Jbanca (18 February 2015). "Extraordinara poveste a românului cu 800 de milioane de dolari ascunse în Elveţia. Traseul de la evreul sărac Meir Abramovici la miliardarul Marcel Adams" (in Romanian). piatra neamt.
- ^ a b c d e Forbes: The World's Billionaires - Marcel Adams April 2017
- ^ a b c d e f g The Press Reader: "Billionaire Marcel Adams Cultivates Israeli Brainpower" May 2, 2010
- ^ Financial Post: "93-year-old Canadian real estate mogul makes Forbes billionaires list for first time" by Nicolas Van Praet March 4, 2013
- ^ Canadian Business: "Canada's Richest People 2017 - Marcel Adams" Archived 2021-09-23 at the Wayback Machine 2017
- ^ Cashman, Greer Fay (March 3, 2019). "35. Sylvan Adams". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ Immobilier Commercial" "SYLVAN ADAMS en tête de peloton" volume 7 - numéro 6 - December 7, 2014
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths ADAMS, ANNIE". November 14, 1997 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Gil Troy (August 12, 2020). "Marcel Adams passes away after a hundred years of loving Israel and life". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
Further reading
- Guy Mercier, Frédérik Leclerq, François Roy, Marcel Adams à Quebec. Les destins croisés d'un homme et d'une ville, en Pierre Anctil, Simon Jacobs dir.: Les Juifs de Québec. Quatre cents ans d’histoire. Presses de l' Université du Québec PUQ, Québec 2015, pp 195 – 220 (French)
- 1920 births
- 2020 deaths
- Canadian billionaires
- Canadian centenarians
- Holocaust survivors
- Jewish Canadian philanthropists
- Canadian people of Romanian-Jewish descent
- Canadian real estate businesspeople
- Men centenarians
- People from Piatra Neamț
- Romanian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
- Romanian centenarians
- Forced labourers under German rule during World War II
- Israeli emigrants to Canada
- Jewish centenarians