Herbert Black is a Canadian businessman, art collector, and philanthropist. He is currently President & CEO of American Iron & Metal Company Inc.
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American Iron & Metal Company, Inc. (AIM)
American Iron & Metal is based in Montreal, Quebec, and currently has over 2,500 employees and 80 locations around the globe, with revenues exceeding $2 billion. Established in 1936 by Black's father, Peter, AIM buys, services, processes and supplies all types of ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal. Black took over management of AIM with his brother Ronald in 1970. A global leader in metal recycling, manufacturing, and environmental services, AIM has grown both organically as well as via acquisition. The company has branched out into five separate lines of business: AIM Recycling, AIM Solder, Delsan AIM (demolition services), AIM Kenny U-Pull (secondary auto parts) and AIM Éco-Centre (dry waste treatment).
Biography
Herbert Black joined his father's scrap metal recycling business, American Iron and Metal Company Inc. ("AIM") in 1961, at the age of 17. Over the past 55+ years, he has played a key role in transforming AIM from a local scrap operation to one of the largest and most successful recycling enterprises in North America.
Mr. Black was awarded the 2005 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the Business to Business category as well as the 2005 National Citation for Entrepreneurial Philanthropy awarded by Ernst & Young.
Philanthropy
Herbert Black is well known in Montreal as a philanthropist, having donated considerably to several organizations and causes. Past Honorary President and Director of the Cancer Research Fund and known affectionately in the community as "Uncle Herbie", he has donated millions of dollars to McGill University and its Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, as well as to the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital. He endowed the Chair of Surgical Oncology at McGill University, funding research in oncology, as well as the Herbert Black Unit for Teaching and Learning in Medicine at McGill. His generous donation to the HMR Foundation made the creation of the Centre of Excellence for Cellular Therapy possible. A member of the Board of Trustees of New York's Hospital for Special Surgery, Mr. Black has donated millions of dollars to sponsor the hospital's Foot and Ankle Service research.
He is also honorary chairman of The Miriam Foundation golf tournamen t and has provided funding for the Miriam Foundation's Lori Black Community Centre in Montreal. The Center, named after Mr. Black's late daughter, provides much needed services for mentally and physically challenged children and adults in the area. The Miriam Foundation is an organization dedicated to serving those with autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities.
Honored as "Man of the Year" in 1995 for Camp B'nai Brith in Lanthier, Quebec. Mr. Black underwrote the cost of major renovations to the camp's facilities, which caters in part to disadvantaged children as well as the elderly. He is also a major donor to the Federation CJA.
Herbert Black's other noteworthy charitable endeavors and causes include funding the renovation of the Children's section of the Westmount Public Library, contribution to a relief fund for victims of the Saguenay-area flooding, providing funding for child psychiatry work at the Jewish General Hospital and ongoing support of Ometz, St. Justine's Children's Hospital and Gilda's Club.
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