Jeffrey Robert Lurie, an American film producer, entrepreneur, and owner of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League, was born on September 8, 1951. (NFL).
General Cinema began acquiring bottling franchises, including a Pepsi bottling operation, in the late 1960s. Over time, General Cinema evolved into Harcourt General Inc., a $3.7 billion conglomerate headquartered in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, with 23,700 employees worldwide. It was once the nation’s fourth-largest movie theater chain, as well as the owner of several publishing houses, three insurance companies, and a leading global consulting firm. In 1984, a minority stake in Carter Hawley Hale, the tenth-largest clothing retailer in the United States at the time, was acquired, along with Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus.
Lurie received a B.A. from Clark University, a master’s degree in psychology from Boston University, and a doctorate in social policy from Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management, where he wrote his thesis on the portrayal of women in Hollywood films. He was born to Jewish parents but has lived as a non-practicing Jew his entire life. Lurie previously worked as an adjunct assistant professor of social policy at Boston University.
Jeffrey Lurie’s Parents: Who are Morris John Lurie and Nancy Lurie?
Lurie was born in Boston to a Jewish family, the son of Nancy and Morris John Lurie. Philip Smith, his grandfather, founded the General Cinema movie theater chain, which was one of the largest operators of drive-in theaters in the United States. Richard A. Smith is his uncle. Peter and Cathy are his siblings. Jeffrey was nine years old when his father died on April 14, 1961, at the age of 44.