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Jeffery Lurie Net Worth And Biography
Here is a detailed account of Jeffry Lurie’s net worth, biography, and career. He is one of the richest producers in the world.
Jeffry Robert Lurie is an American producer, actor, businessman, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL), and one of the richest producers in the world with a net worth of $2 billion. In this article, RNN details Jeffry Lurie’s net worth, biography, and career.
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Bio-Data
| Name | Jeffry Robert Lurie |
| Date of Birth | September 8, 1951 |
| Gender | Male |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Professions | Film Producer, Businessman, Actor |
| Jeffry Lurie’s Net Worth | $2 Billion |
| Nationality | American |
Biography
Jeffry Lurie was born to a Jewish family in Boston, Massachusetts on the 8th of September, 1951. His parents are Nancy and Morris John Lurie (who died on April 14, 1961, at the age of 44 when Jeffry Lurie was only 9 years old). Jeffry Lurie’s maternal grandfather, Philip Smith, is the founder of the General Cinema Movie Theater Chain which is one of the largest operators of drive-in movie theaters in the United States.
In the late 1960s, General Cinema started acquiring bottling franchises, including a Pepsi bottling operation and it continually evolved over the years into Harcourt General Inc. It became a $3.7 billion conglomerate based in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, with 23,700 employees globally. This company became the nation’s fourth-largest chain of movie theaters and it owned several publishing houses, three insurance companies, and a leading global consulting firm.
Jeffry Lurie bagged a B.A. from Clark University, a Master’s degree in psychology from Boston University, and a Doctorate in social policy from The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. In this school, he wrote his thesis on the depiction of women in Hollywood movies. He has also served as an assistant professor of social policy at Boston University.
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Career
In 1983, Jeffry Lurie left academia to join General Cinema Corporation which was at the time headed by his uncle, Richard A. Smith. There, he served as an executive in the company as a liaison between the company and the production community in Hollywood. Also, he was an advisor in The General Cinema National Film buying office.
In 1985, Jeffry Lurie founded Chestnut Hill Productions which produced a string of Hollywood films and TV shows. Initially, the company started off with a multi-feature joint venture with Tri-Star Pictures to develop projects, then in 1987, three of the Chestnut Hill projects were picked up by MGM/UA Communications Co. Two were with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures each, and also, a single picture Chestnut Hill is producing for Universal Pictures. Followed by a majority of the Chestnut Hill Productions would be received by Tri-Star Pictures which then became an independent production company.
On the 27th of February 2011, the Lurie-produced movie, Inside Job won an Academy Award (Oscar) for best documentary film. And afterward, the company also produced television commercials. Two years later, he won a second Oscar via Inocente in which he was an executive producer. In 2020, Jeffry Lurie was ranked No. 319 on the Forbes 400 list of the richest people in America.
Philadelphia Eagles
Jeffry Lurie as a fan of all the Boston sports teams went to games and put himself to sleep listening to the Boston Red Sox on his transistor radio. Jeffry Lurie cheered for Gino Cappelletti, Houston Antwine, and Babe Parilli. In 1993, he tried to buy the New England Patriots, but he dropped out of the bidding at $150 million when his uncle Richard Smith nixed the purchase based on the financials.
On May 6, 1994, Jeffry Lurie bought the Philadelphia Eagles from Braman for $195 million. Considering that he had to take a loan to buy the Eagles, he put up millions of dollars worth of personal stock in Harcourt General and GC Companies Inc., as equity capital. He also pledged alongside his mother their family stock as collateral so he could borrow more. In 2017, Forbes, valued the Philadelphia club at $2.65 billion, ranking them the 10th among NFL teams in value. On February 4, 2018, the Philadelphia Eagles won against the Patriots to win Super Bowl LII by the score of 41-33. This earned Jeffry Lurie his first title as Eagles owner.
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Jeffry Lurie’s Net Worth
As of 2022, Jeffry Lurie’s net worth is estimated at $2 billion, making him one of the richest producers in the world, and also, one of America’s billionaires.
Personal Life
Jeffry Lurie was born to Jewish parents but is a non-practicing Jew adult. In 1992, Jeffry married Christina Weiss in Gstaad, Switzerland, and in 2012, they announced they were getting divorced (it got finalized in August of the same year). The union produced two children; a son, Julian, and a daughter, Milena. Christina Weiss received a partial ownership interest in the Philadelphia Eagles as part of the divorce settlement. On the 4th of May 2013, he got married again to Tina Lai.