Jeffrey Lurie: Owner of the Philadelphia Eagles

About Jeffrey Lurie: Owner of the Philadelphia Eagles

Jeffrey Robert Lurie (born September 8, 1951, in Boston) is an American businessman, documentary film producer and, since 1994, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL, who have won two Super Bowls under his ownership. Lurie was born to an American Jewish family, the son of Nancy Smith and Morris John Lurie; his grandfather, Philip Smith, founded the General Cinema movie theater chain, an early large operator of U.S. drive-in theaters. He has two siblings, Peter and Cathy, and his uncle is Richard A. Smith. He attended Browne and Nichols School in Cambridge, and his father died on April 14, 1961, at age 44, when Jeffrey was nine. He earned a BA from Clark University, a master's degree in psychology from Boston University and a doctorate in social policy from the Heller School at Brandeis University, where he wrote his thesis on the depiction of women in Hollywood movies. Sources: English Wikipedia (Jeffrey Lurie, accessed September 2026).

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Owner, Philadelphia Eagles; documentary film producer

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Philadelphia Eagles

Sports Ownership, Film Production

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