Background
Resnick was born in 1936, and raised in a middle-class Jewish family in New Jersey and later moved to California with his family in the 1950s.
Resnick was born in 1936, and raised in a middle-class Jewish family in New Jersey and later moved to California with his family in the 1950s.
In 1959, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science and from the University of California, Los Angeles and then a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.
While in law school, he founded his first business, a janitorial services company, which he sold in 1969. With the money he made from his first company, Resnick bought the Franklin Mint Company, a subsidiary of Roll International Corporation. Franklin Mint is known for making model cars, souvenir plates, figurines, and Civil War-inspired chess sets.
Resnick has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Wonderful Company, formerly known as Roll Global, since 1962 and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Franklin Mint Company since 1985.
He owns a number of major agribusinesses in the San Joaquin Valley including Paramount Citrus, POM Wonderful, Teleflora, Fiji Water, and Suterra. He also serves as President of Paramount Farms International.
He sat on the Board of Directors of LeapFrog Enterprises from 2002 to 2005. He sits on the board of trustees of the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Bard College, the Jean Paul Getty Trust and Conservation International.
He also sits on the Advisory Board of the University of California, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management.
Board trustees Bard College, New York City. Acquistions committee National Gallery, Washington. Co-chairman marketing department, advisory board, member Management Education Council, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Children from previous marriage: Jeffrey Brian, Ilene Sue, William Jay. Married Lynda Rae Harris, November 26, 1972. Children: Jonathan Charles Sinay, Jason Daniel Sinay.