Edmund Ansin
American businessman
Edmund N. Ansin (March 9, 1936 – July 26, 2020) was an American billionaire and co-founder of Sunbeam Television. He was credited with being an innovator in the television news industry, breaking away from the conventional mold that had been used by other independent stations. His approach ended up being a success, first in Miami, and then Boston.
Early life and education
Ansin was born to a Jewish family in Worcester, Massachusetts, and raised in nearby Athol, Massachusetts. In 1936, his father, Sidney D. Ansin, the son of a Ukrainian immigrant, founded Anwelt Shoe, a shoe manufacturing business in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He moved the family to Florida in 1941. His parents were the founding members of Temple Beth Sholom in Miami Beach. Ansin was sent back to Massachusetts for preparatory school at Phillips Academy, Andover. After two years at Harvard University, he graduated in 1957 from the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in economics. His brother is former Massachusetts commerce commissioner Ronald Ansin.
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