Jersey Justice w/ Robert Brennan | Episode 69 | The Record Stands: The Untold Story of Robert Brennan & First Jersey Securities

About this episode

Robert Brennan shares his extraordinary life story, including his rise and fall in the business world and his experiences with influential figures.

Robert Brennan was once one of the most recognizable businessmen in America. Founder of First Jersey Securities, horse racing entrepreneur, philanthropist, political insider, and frequent subject of national media coverage, Brennan built a business empire that made him a household name throughout New Jersey and beyond. Along the way, he became friends with presidents, governors, business leaders, and cultural icons while building companies, hospitals, racetracks, restaurants, and charitable organizations throughout the state. Then it all came crashing down. In what Brennan says is his first media interview since leaving federal prison, he joins Jersey Justice hosts Gerald H. Clark and Mark W. Morris for an exclusive 3 hour and 36 minute conversation about the extraordinary life he chronicles in his autobiography, The Record Stands . Brennan discusses: • Growing up in a Newark family of nine children • Delivering newspapers and working his way through St. Benedict's Prep and Seton Hall University • Building First Jersey Securities into a national brokerage firm serving hundreds of thousands of customers • His relationships with Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Pope John Paul II…

People in this episode

Hosts: Gerald H. Clark, Mark W. Morris

Guest: Robert Brennan

Topics covered

• business
• entrepreneurship
• criminal justice
• personal story
• politics
• media

Keywords

• Robert Brennan
• First Jersey Securities
• SEC
• prison
• entrepreneur
• New Jersey
• political insider
• autobiography

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: First Jersey Securities

Books & works: The Record Stands

Places: Newark

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