About Larry Mizel
Larry Mizel, executive chairman at Mativ Holdings, has been active in Jewish and pro-Israel philanthropy and political advocacy. In May 2025, he received an award from United Hatzalah, the Israeli volunteer emergency medical service, at a Yom Ha’atzmaut event in Jerusalem. Mizel praised the organization’s response to the October 7 attacks, saying the work “has been beyond spectacular” and “has meant a lot to all of us, not only here but to humanity for the lives that you saved.” In July 2025, he spoke at a 65th reunion of his high school graduation class in Tulsa, Oklahoma, expressing gratitude to the class and to George Kaiser for the Gathering Place park.
Mizel has also been a prominent figure in the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC). In December 2024, he discussed the importance of evaluating candidates based on their values rather than party labels, noting that he came from Oklahoma where Democrats were “conservative Democrats.” He stated that he would support whichever candidate is elected to represent the Republican Party. In October 2023, Mizel presented the RJC’s Defender of Israel Award to Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife and two daughters were killed in a terrorist attack. Mizel described Israel as “at war with a barbaric and brutal enemy” and said the RJC stands with the Israeli military forces fighting to protect the country.
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Transcript (5 segments)
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Interviewer0:01
You got the mic without the background noise? I hopefully.
We'll see. Okay.
All right, Larry. You want to share some favorite Edison memories?
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Larry Mizel0:15
Well, it's wonderful to be here tonight. It's quite an event. As I'm sitting here, I'm listening to the birds chirping and I'm looking at these beautiful trees and I think how fortunate we are to be here at this wonderful place. And I want to thank George Kaiser and his family and the supporters that made the gathering place something really special. I'm also most appreciative of many of our graduates that made the effort to be here this evening. After all, it's only been 65 years, and the effort everyone had to make an effort, whether they lived in Tulsa or some other place in the country, but being here is a testament to our friendship and our history and our legacy. And I'm looking forward to our 70th. And God willing, I'm going to be here and we're going to have a great time. And someone said well maybe we should bring our children or our grandchildren to our 70th, so we're going to take that up for further discussion. But in the interim, just the best to everyone and I'm so proud to be part of this great graduation class.
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Interviewer2:04
Thank you. Okay. Really appreciate it, Larry.
