Top 10 Richest Billionaires in Canada 2011
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1. David Thomson & family
Net Worth $23 B
David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet born 12 June 1957 is a Canadian businessman. He is the son of the late Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet and his siblings are actress Taylor Thomson and Peter Thomson. David Thomson was the chairman of Thomson Corporation since 2002 and after acquisition of Reuters, he is now chairman of merged entity, Thomson Reuters. He currently lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2. Galen Weston & family
Net Worth $7.1 B
Willard Gordon Galen Weston, OC, OOnt born October 29, 1940 Canadian businessman and philanthropist, is Chairman and President of George Weston Limited, and owns 60% of the company's outstanding common shares. In turn, George Weston Limited owns 100% of Weston Foods Limited, and controlling interest in Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s largest food retailer. W. Galen Weston is also Chairman of Holt Renfrew in Canada, Selfridges in the United Kingdom, and Brown Thomas of Ireland. He is President of The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, a private, family-based charitable trust.
3. Jim Pattison
Net Worth $5.8 B
James Allen "Jim" Pattison, OC, OBC born October 1, 1928 is a Vancouver-based entrepreneur who is the president, managing director, chief executive officer, chairman and sole owner of the Jim Pattison Group, the third largest privately held company in Canada.
4. Paul Desmarais
Net Worth $4.5 B
Paul Desmarais, Sr., PC, CC (born January 4, 1927) is a Canadian financier in Montreal and one of the ten richest (8th in 2008) persons in Canada. Desmarais also owns homes in Palm Beach, Florida and New York. He was Canada’s 4th richest man in 2007 and his severe drop in wealth in 2008 reflected a 44 percent plunge of Power Corp.’s shares, when the company’s profits fell 41 percent – its lowest share price since 2002. He is CEO of Power Corporation of Canada (PCC), a Canadian company active in the fields of mass media, pulp and paper and financial services.
5. James & Arthur Irving
Net Worth $3.5 B
James K. Irving, OC, ONB (1928) is the eldest son of industrialist K.C. Irving. J.K., as he is normally referred to, along with his brothers, Arthur and Jack, share the ownership of what is known informally as the Irving Group of Companies. James K. Brunswick News (publishing) and J.D. Irving Limited, the conglomerate with interests in forestry, paper, kraft, tissue, wallboard, building supplies, frozen food, transportation, shipping lines, and shipbuilding and several other interests. The company was started by his grandfather, hence the name.
6. Emanuele (Lino) Saputo
Net Worth $3.4 B
Saputo was born in Montelepre, Sicily, in 1937, to cheesemaker Giuseppe and his wife, Maria. He completed his secondary schooling in 1952, and shortly thereafter the Saputo family immigrated to Montreal, Canada. Lino Saputo became Chairman of the Board and President of Saputo Incorporated in 1969, and was named Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer in 1998.
7. Jeffrey Skoll
Net Worth $3.2 B
Jeffrey Skoll (born January 16, 1965) is a Canadian born engineer and businessman who lives in Los Angeles, California. He was the first employee and also first president of internet auction firm eBay, and used the wealth this gave him to become a philanthropist and to found the independent movie production company Participant Media.
8. David Azrieli & family
Net Worth $3.1 B
David Joshua Azrieli, born May 10, 1922) is a Canadian builder, designer, architect, developer and philanthropist.Born in Makow, Poland, he fled Europe during World War II for Palestine. Between 1943 and 1946, Azrieli briefly studied architecture at the Technion, though did not complete his studies at that time. He fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. This business is now called Canpro Investments. At the age of 75, he received his Master's degree in architecture from Carleton University.
9. Bernard (Barry) Sherman
Net Worth $2.9 B
Bernard C. Sherman born 1942 Chairman and CEO of Apotex Inc., is a Canadian businessman. He has a self-made fortune of $US 3.3 billion dollars and is ranked 334 among the world's richest people in 2008 according to Forbes. Barry Sherman entered the University of Toronto's Engineering Science program at age 16 and was the youngest to do so. He also graduated from Engineering Science with the highest honours in his class and received the university's Governor General's Award for his thesis. He then received a Doctoral degree from MIT. He is married to Honey Sherman, and they have four children.
10. Robert Miller
Net Worth $2.5 B
Mr. Robert H. Miller has been Chief Executive Officer of Abakan, Inc. since December 8, 2009. Mr. Miller has been President at Abakan, Inc. since May 2010. He has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Sonnen Corp. (also known as Simple Tech Inc). since July 27, 2009. Mr. Miller has been a Consultant to Prosper Financial, Inc. since 2002. He was founder of Nanovation Technologies Inc.
Fortune: Self Made
Source: electronics
Age: 64
Country Of Citizenship: Canada
Residence: Montreal
Education: Rider U, Bachelor of Arts / Science
Marital Status: Married, 2 children
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