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==Early life and education== Zuckerman was born on June 4, 1937, in [[Montreal, Canada]], the son of Esther and Abraham Zuckerman, who owned a tobacco and candy store.<ref>Birthdate per Times Almanac 2008</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N-MCAAAAMBAJ&q=Esther+Abraham+Zuckerman&pg=PA41 |title=New York Magazine |date= October 5, 1992|work=google.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Curtiss |first=Richard |date=July 23, 2009 |title=Mortimer Zuckerman two voices but both talking about himself |url=http://www.wrmea.com/component/content/article/253/4734-mortimer-zuckerman-two-voices-but-both-talking-about-himself.html |work=Washington Report on Middle East Affairs}}</ref> His family is Jewish, and his grandfather was an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[rabbi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B5MYAAAAIAAJ&q=Esther+Abraham+Zuckerman |title=Current Biography Yearbook |work=google.ca|year=1990 }}</ref> Zuckerman entered [[McGill University]] in Montreal at the age of 16.<ref>Stephane Fitch, [https://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2005/0228/066.html "The Master Builder Mort Zuckerman"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701094402/https://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2005/0228/066.html |date=July 1, 2020 }}, ''Forbes Magazine'', February 28, 2005</ref> He graduated from McGill with a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1957 and a [[Bachelor of Civil Law|BCL]] in 1961, although he never took the [[bar exam]].<ref name="Forbes 400 2006">{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/W07H.html |title=Forbes 400 (2006) |work=forbes.com}}</ref> That same year, Zuckerman entered the [[Wharton School]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia]], where he earned an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] degree with a distinction of honor. In 1962, he received an [[Master of Laws|LLM]] degree from [[Harvard Law School]].
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