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Born in Calgary, Alberta , Belzberg was educated at the University Of Alberta .

He was founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First City Financial Corporation Limited, a seven billion-dollar (Canadian dollars) full service financial institution. He is currently the President of Gibralt Capital Corporation, a Canadian private investment company.

In 1977 , with a donation of $500,000, he helped fund the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles .

He is the founder of both the Canadian and American Dystonia Medical Research Foundations.

In 1988 he was made a Member of the Order Of Canada and was promoted to Officer in 2001 .

He is married to Frances Belzberg. They have a daughter Lisa and a son Marc.