"I was pretty hesitant and felt a little out of place at first, " says Bronfman.
If the Bronfmans are Canadian royalty, Stephen Bronfman is the prince you've never heard of.
It just sort of sketches us out to hear this stuff from Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Since our story the Bronfman sisters' entanglement with NXIVM and its executives has deepened.
Bronfman says that when he sold Seagram, Messier promised to forgo taking on more debt.
Nor will most directors put up with anything like the audacity of Edgar Bronfman Sr.
Bronfman then hooked up Loquesea's head, Carlos Lizarralde, with record industry and media executives.
Though Mr. Bronfman speaks eloquently about the scores he plays, he prefers not to describe them.
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Bronfman claims that Messier told him to study the advisability of investing in EchoStar, a satellite-TV service.
"The appetite for Internet access is actually going to be more intense in lesser-developed countries, " says Bronfman.
"The appetite for Internet access is actually going to be more intense in less-developed countries, " says Bronfman.
In the process, though, Bronfman says he's found a contentment that he never had while running the company.
Nor will most directors put up with anything like the audacity of former Seagram chairman Edgar Bronfman Sr.
"Two totally different people, " says Leo Kolber, a former Canadian senator and longtime business partner of the Bronfman family.
Bronfman calls the sale "a sad time" but says he's refrained from reading the numerous books about the episode.
But a few years back Bronfman, now 70, started getting that what-does-it-all-mean feeling.
In the midst of these efforts, Bronfman began to rediscover his religious roots.
Bronfman was part of a failed lawsuit in 2004 against Loria for fraud.
As Bronfman has made more money, he has begun to give more away.
"We didn't want to do just one tour, " says Bronfman, a music fanatic.
"I run this camp as a business, " says the tanned and blond Bronfman.
"I went in with my eyes wide open, but it turned out to be a disaster, " Bronfman says today.
But when AOL and Time Warner merged in 2000, Bronfman sought to link up with a big telecom partner.
Next on Bronfman's agenda: Hook up successful U.S. Internet and technology companies with potential partners south of the border.
Soon after, Bronfman started using his political leverage--he's a contributor to both U.S. political parties--to exert pressure on the Swiss.
Despite his dissatisfaction with the transatlantic marriage called Vivendi Universal, Edgar Bronfman Jr. has not lost his taste for Europe.
That year Toronto concert promoter Michael Cohl approached Bronfman in the hopes that he would invest in U2's Pop Mart tour.
With 15% of his profits from the Netstar deal Bronfman started a foundation that donates to environmental, educational and Montreal causes.
Among Raniere's acolytes were Sara and Clare Bronfman, daughters of Seagram billionaire Edgar Bronfman Sr. and half-sisters of Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Bronfman still owns a minuscule piece of the Marlins and even received a token World Series ring for the 2003 championship season.
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