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2012-Canada

TOP 10 - Canadian Billionaires ... (7 March 2012) ... Wealth in USD$ ... compiled by www.Rich-Bastards.com
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Name
Wealth
Source
Residence
Personal
1. David Thomson & family

$17.5 billion

media

Toronto

54yo - Divorced, 4 children

2. Galen Weston & family $7.6 billion retail Toronto 71yo - Married, 2 children
3. James & Arthur Irving $5.0 billion oil, paper products Saint John n/a - n/a
4. Paul Desmarais $4.3 billion finance Montreal 85yo - Married, 4 children
4. Jim Pattison $4.3 billion diversified Vancouver 83yo - Married, 3 children
6. Emanuele (Lino) Saputo $3.7 billion dairy Quebec 75yo - Married, 3 children
6. Bernard (Barry) Sherman $3.7 billion pharmaceuticals Toronto 70yo - Married, 4 children
8. Clayton Riddell $3.0 billion oil & gas Calgary  74yo - Married, 4 children
9. David Azrieli & family $2.9 billion shopping malls Montreal 89yo - Married, 4 children
9. Chip Wilson $2.9 billion Lululemon Vancouver 55yo - Married, 5 children


Did you know...?
David Thomson & family
father, Kenneth Thomson, 82, died 2006 ...
split from Kelly Rowan, star of defunct TV show "The O.C.", April 2009 when she gave birth to a daughter
Galen Weston & family
played polo with Prince Charles ... avid collector of avant-garde artist Christo ...
owns controlling stake in Canada's largest supermarket chain
James & Arthur Irving
their brother and business partner John died at 78 in 2010 ...
own 600 gas stations
Paul Desmarais
bought his father's one-route Ontario bus company for $1- in 1951 ... family is friends with French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Jim Pattison
owns massive Palm Springs lair that once belonged to Frank Sinatra ...
fortune includes "Ripley's Believe It or Not" and "Guinness World Records"
Emanuele (Lino) Saputo
high school graduate ... born in Sicily, started Saputo in Montreal in 1954 with parents ... delivered mozzarella by bicycle in the early days
Bernard (Barry) Sherman
locked in court fight with relatives who allege they are owed part of the fortune ... seeking over-the-counter-sales approval of its controversial "morning-after" pill
Clayton Riddell ...
David Azrieli & family
born in Poland to Jewish parents
Chip Wilson
has 137 Lululemon luxury workout wear stores ... believes that "The pursuit of happiness is the source of all unhappiness"
Previous Top 10 Billionaires
Jeffrey Skoll
now funnels his money, energy into making films for social change through Participant Media and supporting social entrepreneurs through his philanthropic Skoll Foundation
Guy Laliberte
accordian-playing fire-breather formed Cirque du Soleil in 1984 with a gang of street performing friends ... in 2009 became the first clown in space when he blasted into orbit after 6 months training in Russia
Robert Miller
supports Alcor Life Extension Foundation, which promotes cryonics, the science of freezing bodies with the intent to restore life when technology becomes available ... Future Electronics is the world's 3rd largest electronics distributor ... currently sitting in the middle of a messy divorce with wife, Margaret Antonier
Deceased Top 10 Billionaires
Kenneth Thomson
Canada's richest man, was found dead of an apparent heart attack on 12 June 2006, age 82. He was worth $19.6 billion
John Irving
died following a brief illness on 21 July 2010, age 78. At the time, he and his brothers, James and Arthur, were worth $4.0 billion.

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