Ed Sonshine: From Displaced Persons Camp To a Multi-Billion Dollar Real Estate Empire
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- Ed Sonshine is one of those people you could speak with for hours and barely scratch the surface of his life. Born in Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons Camp after World War II to two Holocaust survivors, he immigrated to Canada as a young child. After already becoming a very successful lawyer, he founded RioCan, which, at the time, was the first REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) in Canada. As of this recording, RioCan operates 193 properties, has over 33 million in leasable square feet, and an evaluation of $15 billion. In this episode of Big Shot, you’ll learn what it was like being born in Germany after the war, how Ed built a real estate empire while still being a family man, why he thinks the Jewish community is extremely self-reliant, and much more.
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In This Episode, We Cover:
(00:00) Welcome to Big Shot and meet our guest Ed Sunshine
(05:40) The early days of Ed’s life and being born in a displaced person’s camp
(10:18) Why Ed’s father was a smuggler after the war and never complained
(14:55) What made Ed want to be successful and change career paths
(19:12) When Ed got the idea to bring the first REIT to Canada
(24:38) What he learned from his father that had a profound impact on him
(27:20) How Ed built a business empire while being a family man
(31:20) Why Ed finally got a cottage
(36:40) How Ed defines success, financial security, and purpose
(42:15) Why the Jewish community is self-reliant
(50:51) How Ed defines chutzpah
(52:32) A story you need to hear about Ed’s father
(58:36) What worries Ed about the future
(1:04:40) Ed’s biggest piece of advice to younger generations
This podcast is absolutely amazing. The quality, the research, the editing, the questions. 🤯 Love to hear and see it! Thank you for creating!
Much appreciated!
Harley and David, I absolutely love these podcast episodes. Such fantastic wisdom, insights and resilience... Thank you for bringing these incredible guests and their stories of entrepreneurship to us. I resonate with so many of their values. hugs to you both.
Thanks Mandy! It's been a lot of fun doing this project.
@@bigshotpodcast You can tell how enthusiastic and excited you both are, it's super genuine... It's very cool to watch. 🏆❤😊
Great interview. insightful and hilarious 😂. Will be fun to work with this man. Energy is infectious.
Very cool to hear stories of jews coming from Europe and building themselves and communities up . As a Syrian jew there are great stories to be told from people from our side you would love talking to
Couldn't agree more. Thanks for watching Joseph!
Great video! Even as someone who is not Jewish and is from a different community (South Asian). Alot of things that ED said about "entrepreneurs" really resonated with me.
Really appreciate you guys taking the time to organize this!
Amazing story
Thanks Nico!
Impressive wow great story!
Thanks Ian! Ed's story is truly incredible.
Love these stories. Well done guys!
Glad you like them!
This man is so lovely
He totally flabbergasted me with his charismatic personality
Just keep going and this will be a
Great story to tell
Ed was incredible
The reason Jewish hospitals are named Mount Sinai is because the Torah was given to the Jews at Mount Sinai.
On that momentous day, G-D decreed that all those who were present would be healed of any illnesses they had.
They received a רפואה שלמה.
Get Ben Shapiro on 😀
A few more years :)
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