On March 19, 1952, Harvey Weinstein was brought into the world. His formal education was completed at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1973. He graduated from this university.
In 1979, he and his younger sister were instrumental in the establishment of a number of businesses, one of which was the film production company Miramax.
Harvey Weinstein Biography
Harvey Weinstein (born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer and convicted sex offender. Miramax was an entertainment company that he and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded. Miramax was responsible for producing a number of successful independent films.
Harvey Weinstein parents and His Early Life
Weinstein was born in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, New York City, to diamond cutter Max Weinstein (1924–1976) and his wife, Miriam Weinstein.
Harvey Weinstein’s father moved the family to the United States from Russia when he was a young man (1926–2016). His family is Jewish, and his maternal grandparents immigrated from Poland.
In New York City, he and his younger brother Bob were residents of a housing cooperative called Electchester when they were growing up. After completing his high school education at John Bowne, Weinstein went on to study at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Throughout the majority of the 1970s, Harvey & Corky Productions was responsible for putting on rock concerts in Buffalo. The company was run by Weinstein, his brother Bob, and Corky Burger.
The likes of Frank Sinatra, The Who, Jackson Browne, and the Rolling Stones were some of the big names that Harvey & Corky Productions were responsible for bringing to Buffalo. Jonathan A.
Dandes, who has known Weinstein for a very long time and moved to Buffalo with him, has said that Weinstein is “aggressive” and “consummate” when it comes to matters pertaining to business.
Harvey Weinstein Career
In the late 1970s, Weinstein and his brother established the independent film distribution company Miramax using profits from their concert promotion business. They named the company after their parents, Miriam and Max, who were both film distributors.
The first films that were distributed by the company were primarily concert films centered around music, such as “Paul McCartney’s Rockshow.”
On October 8, 2017, Harvey Weinstein was fired from The Weinstein Company after a list of sexual abuse charges was released to the press.
In 2018, The Weinstein Company went bankrupt after a number of months of failed attempts to sell the company or its library of movies. Lantern Entertainment was ultimately successful in bidding on and purchasing all of the company’s assets.
The company was shut down on July 16, 2018, and its website sometime thereafter. A year after that, Weinstein was arrested, and another year after that, in 2020, he was found guilty and sentenced to 23 years in prison for his actions.
Harvey Weinstein Wife and Children
Weinstein has been married twice. In 1987, he married his assistant, Eve Chilton; the couple divorced in 2004. They are the parents of three daughters: Remy, formerly known as Lily and born in 1995; Emma, who was born in 1998; and Ruth (born 2002).
Harvey Weinstein tied the knot with English actress and fashion designer Georgina Chapman in 2007. They are parents to a son as well as a daughter.
On October 10, 2017, after the sexual harassment accusations became public, Chapman announced that she was leaving Weinstein.
They were able to come to an agreement in January 2018, and the divorce was finalized seven years later, in July 2021.
Harvey Weinstein Net Worth
It is estimated that Harvey Weinstein’s net worth is $25 million at this time.
