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The Woodbridge Company Limited is a Canadian private holding company based in Toronto, Ontario. It is the primary investment vehicle for members of the family of the late Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet. David W. Binet has been the president and chief executive officer of the company since 2012.
The Thomson family controlled the Thomson Corporation through a family-owned entity, the Woodbridge Company, based in Toronto. (Along with 70% of Thomson Corporation, Woodbridge also owns a 40% stake in CTVglobemedia, which now owns the Globe and Mail daily newspaper in Toronto and CTV, Canada's largest commercial TV network.)
David is Chairman of Thomson Reuters. He is also a Chairman of Woodbridge, the Thomson family investment company, and Chairman of The Globe and Mail Inc., a Canadian media company. David is an active private investor with a focus on real estate and serves on the boards of several private companies. David has an MA from Cambridge University.
May 10, 2022 · Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, May 10, 2022 – For the sixth consecutive year, Woodbridge has been named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies by the Best Managed program for private organizations and maintained its Gold Standard status for the third year.
Jan 31, 2018 · Ken’s son David Thomson, 60, took the reins of Woodbridge Co., the family holding company, after Ken died at his office on David’s birthday in 2006. Not long after, he made the biggest deal in the company’s history, buying Reuters for US$17 billion and adding the global newswire to his financial data business.
The Woodbridge Company Limited is a privately held investment holding company for the Thomson family of Canada and the majority shareholder of Thomson Reuters, [5] where Beattie served as deputy chairman from 2000 through May 2013 and director from 1998 through May 2013.
Woodbridge is anchored by a controlling stake in electronic information company Thomson Reuters Corp. Created through a 2007 merger championed by Mr. Beattie and David Thomson, the value of the Thomson Reuters investment has declined by about 40% since.
Then there's Woodbridge Co. Ltd., the family's private holding company chaired by Ken Thomson, with assets that, pending regulatory approval, will include 40 per cent of Bell Globemedia, owner of the Globe and Mail, CTV Inc., 15 specialty channels and 15 per cent of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.
Sep 10, 2010 · TORONTO, Sept. 10 /CNW/ - The Woodbridge Company Limited announced today that it will acquire direct ownership of Canada's National Newspaper, The Globe and Mail. Woodbridge is the...
Based at our corporate headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, and automotive headquarters in Troy, Michigan, USA, Woodbridge is a global innovative solutions provider for automotive,...
