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Eli Broad, billionaire who poured wealth into reshaping L.A., dies at 87

Eli Broad, billionaire who poured wealth into reshaping L.A., dies at 87

Eli Broad stands inside the Broad, his contemporary art museum on Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, in 2015. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Eli Broad made his billions building homes, and then he used that wealth — and the considerable collection of world-class modern art he assembled with his wife — to shape the city around him. Dogged, determined and often unyielding, he helped push and prod majestic institutions such as Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Museum of Contemporary Art into… Source link

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