Name J. Llewellyn Spouse Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn | ||
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Died April 7, 2010, New York City, New York, United States Grandchildren Alexis Jacqueline Page Clancy People also search for Alexandra Marie Llewellyn, Tom Clancy, Catherine Clancy, Thomas Clancy | ||
Children Alexandra Marie Llewellyn | ||
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J. Bruce Llewellyn (July 16, 1927 – April 7, 2010) was a prominent American businessman. His personal wealth has been estimated to exceed $160 million. In 1963, he joined others to found 100 Black Men of America, a social and philanthropic organization. In 1985, he and a group of business partners, among them Julius Erving, Bill Cosby, and Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn, bought a majority share of the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, the first of the company's bottling plants to be acquired by a black person or persons.
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J bruce llewellyn on supermarket profitability
Early life
Llewellyn was born in Harlem in Manhattan, the son of immigrants from the country of Jamaica. His parents came to the United States in 1921. After two years the family moved to Westchester County, settling in White Plains, in a predominantly white middle-class environment, though Llewellyn went to integrated schools. Llewellyn worked in his father's bar and restaurant and sold magazines and Fuller Brush products. In 1943, Llewellyn joined the US Army, where he served as a first lieutenant.
Family
His sister Dorothy Cropper became a judge on the New York State Court of Claims, and his middle daughter, Alexandra Marie Llewellyn, was married to Tom Clancy. His wife of 30 years, Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn, was Vice Chair of Philly Coke, serves as Vice Chair of Jazz at Lincoln Center, and was appointed by Michael Bloomberg to the NYC Commission on Women's issues. His youngest daughter, Jaylaan Ahmad-Llewellyn, is a Harvard graduate and founder of Bluhammock Music and Bluhorse Clothes. His mother, Nessa F. Llewellyn, a Jamaican immigrant, lived to be 103.
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Death
Llewellyn died of renal failure at the age 82, in New York City.