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. |