Clare Bronfman

Clare Bronfman

Clare Bronfman is the youngest daughter of billionaire philanthropist and former Seagram liquor chairman Edgar Bronfman Sr. She is of Jewish ancestry on her father’s side. Bronfman and her sister Sara became committed followers and financial backers of NXIVm founder Keith Raniere. In September 2020, she was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison by a federal judge.

About Clare Bronfman in brief

Summary Clare BronfmanClare Bronfman is the youngest daughter of billionaire philanthropist and former Seagram liquor chairman Edgar Bronfman Sr. After a brief equestrian career, Bronfman began involvement in NXIVM, a business engaged in criminal activities during 1998–2018. Bronfman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conceal and harbor illegal aliens for financial gain, and to fraudulent use of identification. In September 2020, she was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison by a federal judge. She is of Jewish ancestry on her father’s side. Clare Bronfman and her sister Sara became committed followers and financial backers of NXIVm founder Keith Raniere.

In October 2003, Forbes magazine featured Raniere on its cover along with the title \”The World’s Strangest Executive Coach\”. In May 2009, Clare and Sara were able to bring the Dalai Lama to Albany to participate in the WEFC’s inaugural event on May 6, 2009. The Dalai Lama wrote the foreword to Raniere’s book The Sphinx and the Sphinx, which Raniere co-authored in 2009. Eight years later, it would be revealed that Clare’s sister had a sexual relationship with Tenzin Dhonden, the gatekeeper who had taken a vow of celibacy, who arranged the appearance of Raniere as a celibate monk. In April 2019, Bronman pleaded guilty.