Steven B. Kalafer

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Steven B. Kalafer , also Steve Kalafer , (* 1949 or 1950) is an American entrepreneur and film producer .

Life

Kalafer grew up as the son of a business owner in North Caldwell and began working as an agent for Fuller Brush products from an early age . He studied at Rider University until 1971 , which awarded him the title of Honorary Graduate in 1996.

Kalafer began in 1973 as Manager for Coleman Oldsmobile in Trenton to work and bought in 1976 at the age of 26 years the small car shop "Ditschman Ford Lincoln Mercury" in Frenchtown , where he as a dealer initially only a car - an orange Ford Pinto - in the showroom offered. In 1979 he moved to Flemington , where he soon became an authorized dealer for numerous other car brands, which he sold under the name Flemington Car & Truck Country. In 1997, Flemington Car & Truck Country briefly merged with Republic Industries, with Kalafers company running as a subsidiary of AutoNation USA. Kalafer and his business partner Byron Brisby bought Flemington Car & Truck Country back in 2001 and also acquired the Clinton Car & Truck Country company. In 2005, Kalafer's company finally operated around 30 dealership branches. NJBiz named Kalafer one of New Jersey's 100 Most Powerful Businessmen in 2011 . With a fortune of around 781 million dollars, he is also one of the richest residents of the state.

From the late 1990s, Kalafer entered the baseball business and founded the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He is the owner of the Somerset Patriots baseball team and co-owner of the Newark Bears and the Camden Riversharks. The construction of a baseball stadium in Bridgewater, which was completed in 1999, goes back to his instigation.

Kalafer has also been the owner of Flemington Pictures as a film producer since the late 1980s. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards over the years .

Kalafer is married and has two sons.

Filmography

  • 1988: The Secret of the Invisible City (The Night Train to Kathmandu) (TV)
  • 1998: More
  • 2000: Dropping Out
  • 2000: Curtain Call
  • 2002: Bottom of the Ninth
  • 2004: Sister Rose's Passion
  • 2004: Going Home (TV)
  • 2005: Protocols of Zion
  • 2005: Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
  • 2006: The Diary of Immaculee
  • 2006: Off the Black
  • 2008: The Bull
  • 2009: We Love You
  • 2010: The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption Part 1
  • 2011: Barrymore
  • 2012: Once in a Lullaby: PS 22 Chorus Documentary
  • 2014: Aerodrome

Awards

  • 1999: Oscar nomination, Best Animated Short , for More
  • 2001: Oscar nomination, Best Documentary Short , for Curtain Call
  • 2005: Oscar nomination, Best Documentary Short, for Sister Rose's Passion
  • 2012: Audience Award for Best Documentary, Woodstock Film Festival, for Once in a Lullaby: PS 22 Chorus Documentary
  • 2012: Grand Prize for Best Documentary, New Jersey International Festival, for Once in a Lullaby: PS 22 Chorus Documentary
  • 2012: Nomination Audience Award, Gotham Awards, for Once in a Lullaby: PS 22 Chorus Documentary

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Laura Mansnerus: In Person; A Businessman With Lots of Balls in the Air . query.nytimes.com, June 12, 2005.
  2. ↑ Distinguished Alumnus / a Award on alumni.rider.edu
  3. ↑ a b Steve Kalafer ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.choosenj.com archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on choosenj.com
  4. ^ The 100 most powerful people in New Jersey business . njbiz.com, January 31, 2011.
  5. ↑ Carly Kilroy: Bernardsville Resident Makes "Wealthiest New Jerseyans" List . patch.com, July 8, 2015.
  6. ^ Bob Golon: No Minor Accomplishment: The Revival of New Jersey Professional Baseball . Rutgers University Press, 2008, p. 92.
personal data
SURNAME Kalafer, Steven B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kalafer, Steve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1949 or 1950