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Early Life

Bernie Madoff was born Bernard Lawerence Madoff on April 29, 1938 in Queens New York. He is the son of Sylvia and Ralph Madoff. His mother worked as a homemaker and his father was a plumber and a stockbroker. Bernie Madoff's grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland, Austria and Romania. Madoff had a sister named Sondra and a brother named Peter.



Queens, New York 1938

Education Madoff graduated from Far Rockaway High School in 1956. He attended the University of Alabama for one year and then transferred to Hofstra University located in Hempsted, New York, where he graduated with a B.A. in political science. Madoff briefly attended Brooklyn Law School but then dropped out.

Brooklyn Law School

Family Madoff has a wife, Ruth Alpern born May 18, 1941, a younger brother named Peter, and two sons, Mark born March 18, 1964, and Andrew born April 8, 1966. Madoff met his future wife at Far Rockaway High School. Madoff had many family members working for him at his Wall Street firm including his wife, his brother, and his niece. His sons Mark and Andrew both borrowed millions of dollars to run their own philanthropic foundations. Andrew was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma and eventually became chairman of the Lymphoma Research Foundation. Mark Madoff killed himself on the second anniversary of his father's arrest and was found dead in his New York apartment.

Bernie, Ruth, and Mark Madoff

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