Leslie J. Sacks

Background

Sacks was born to a Jewish family in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1952, the second of three children born to Lithuanian Jewish immigrants. His father was South African businessman Wolfe Harry Sacks.

Education

Sacks graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a degree in psychology and computer science.

Career

While in college, he fought against Apartheid. In 1981, he opened his first art gallery, Les Art, in South Africa. In 1991, he moved to Los Angeles and opened Leslie Sacks Fine Art in Brentwood, California.

In 2007, he purchased the Bobbie Greenfield Gallery at Bergamot Station renaming it Leslie Sacks Contemporary.

His specialties were African tribal art, post-war artists, and contemporary artists including Andy Warhol and Robert Motherwell. His collection of African Art was published in Refined Eye, Passionate Heart - African Art from the Leslie Sacks Collection by Skira.

Sacks produced a documentary about his father, South Africa businessman Wolfe Harry Sacks.

Achievements

• His brother Rodney Sacks is the founder of Monster Beverage.