Shael Rosenbaum

Managing Director

Rosenbaum Family Office | Great Gulf

Shael Rosenbaum is Managing Director of the Rosenbaum Family Office and a notable philanthropic leader. The Rosenbaum Family are Principals of the Great Gulf Group of Companies (Great Gulf, Ashton Woods Homes, First Gulf, Tucker HiRise), one of the most prolific privately held real estate conglomerates in North America. GREAT GULF spans the entire real estate spectrum throughout 20 cities and ASHTON WOODS HOMES is the largest private Homebuilder in the United States. Shael presides over his family interests, including diverse investments in several alternative sectors.

Shael is a globally recognized figure in Holocaust Education and Remembrance and was instrumental in the founding of the Toronto Holocaust Museum. Shael served on the Council of the Shoah Foundation at the University of Southern California and was Chair of the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre. He was Chair of the International Young Adult March of the Living, a Member of the Board of UJA of Greater Toronto and was a Trustee of the Jewish Foundation. Shael is currently the Chairman of the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem, a Board Member of the Baycrest Hospital Foundation and a member of the Israel and Overseas Committee at UJA.

Shael is a past recipient of the UJA Leadership Development Award and was the 2023 Tel Aviv University Co-Honouree together with his father. He was the Associate Producer of the critically acclaimed documentary, “The Accountant of Auschwitz" and his commentaries have been published in an array of papers and journals. Shael is the descendant of four Holocaust survivors and his community work remains the most pivotal segment of his life.