Richard Gelfond

Richard Gelfond

American business executive (born 1955)

Richard L. Gelfond (born 1955) is an American business executive and the chief executive officer of IMAX Corporation.2

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Born 1955.1

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Early life and education

  • Date not recordedNorthwestern University Pritzker School of Law3
  • Date not recordedStony Brook University3

Gelfond was raised in Plainview, Long Island. He earned his bachelor's degree from Stony Brook University in 1976, and his Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law in 1979.

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Career

Occupation: lawyer.5

Gelfond started his career as a law clerk for U.S. Court of Appeals judge Max Rosenn. He later worked as a lawyer at Cleary Gottlieb and as an investment banker at Drexel Burnham Lambert. In early 1986, he founded Clean Street USA, a dry cleaning store chain in Long Island. In September 1986, he quit a law firm to help his brother David Gelfond manage the chain. By 1988, he was serving as president of the company.

Gelfond joined IMAX Corporation as vice chairman in 1994 when the investment company he co-founded and was a principal of acquired IMAX. He became co-CEO in 1996, and CEO in 2009. In 1996, Gelfond received an Academy Award on behalf of IMAX for Scientific and Technical Achievement.

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Personal life

Gelfond had high levels of mercury in his blood following a diet of "sushi twice a day for two decades".

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