LEVY, MICHAEL ABRAHAM, BARON LEVY OF MILL HILL
- LEVY, MICHAEL ABRAHAM, BARON LEVY OF MILL HILL
- LEVY, MICHAEL ABRAHAM, BARON LEVY OF MILL HILL (1944– ),
British businessman and communal leader. Born in Hackney, Levy became an
accountant and made a fortune as the head of Magnet Records, where he
discovered Alan Stardust and Chris Rea, selling it for a reported £10
million and then founding M\&G Records. He became prominent as one of
the biggest fundraisers for the Labour Party and a close friend of
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who used him as his personal advisor
on the Middle East. Levy was also very prominent within Britain's Jewish
community as the head of Jewish Care from 1998 and many other
philanthropic and educational bodies. He was also the chairman of
CSV (Community Service Volunteers), the largest
organization of community service volunteers in Britain. He was given a
life peerage in 1997 and received an honorary degree from Middlesex
University.
(William D. Rubinstein (2nd ed.)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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