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Marc Desmarais has been repeatedly recognized among the 100 most influential lobbyists in Ottawa by The Hill Times and Maclean's. Over the past 30 years, he has developed a deep knowledge of the workings of the government and held senior management positions in the federal government as well as in in the health care, government relations and public policy sectors.
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Vice-président chez Le Cabinet de relations publiques NATIONAL · Experience: Le Cabinet de relations publiques NATIONAL · Education: Université d'Ottawa · Location: Ottawa · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Marc Desmarais’ profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.
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Paul Desmarais Jr. was born in Sudbury, Ontario. He was raised Roman Catholic. [1] He is the eldest son of billionaire Paul Desmarais Sr. and Jacqueline Desmarais. [citation needed] He was educated at Lakefield College School in Lakefield, Ontario and later attended McGill University. Afterwards, he earned a Master of Business Administration ...
- Réal Plourde – $1.5 Billion
- Guy Laliberté – $1.6 Billion
- Sharon Azrieli – $1.6 Billion
- Francesco Saputo – $1.7 Billion
- Philip Fayer – $1.7 Billion
- Stephen Jarislowsky – $2 Billion
- Richard Fortin – $2.1 Billion
- Pierre Karl Péladeau – $2.4 Billion
- Robert Miller – $2.4 Billion
- Charles Bronfman – $3.4 Billion
Réal Plourde is one of the four men behind Alimentation Couche-Tard, founded in 1980. The chain is known as the Canadian convenience store giant and owns the Circle K chain. Today, Plourde remains on the company’s board of directors. With thousands of stores, Couche-Tard has annual sales of $63 billion. Headquartered in Laval, the company sells con...
He is a space tourist, a street musician and a very rich man. There is no such thing as the average billionaire, but among them, Guy Laliberté certainly stands out. He is the co-founder of Cirque du Soleil, an entertainment giant with an international footprint that, before its bankruptcy, was worth more than a billion dollars. The idea for Cirque ...
Daughter of a billionaire real estate tycoon and opera singer, Sharon Azrieli is worth C$1.6 billion (US$1.2 billion) according to Forbes. The origins of Sharon Azrieli’s fortune date back to when her father, David Azrieli, fled Poland at the start of World War II and ended up in Montreal in the early 1950s. Despite the hustle and bustle of his ear...
Francesco Saputo is the son of Giuseppe Saputo and holds an interest in his family’s Canadian dairy company. His father founded the company in 1954 with $500 and a bicycle for deliveries after immigrating from Italy. His nephew, Lino Jr, the son of Emanuele (Lino) Saputo, is the current president of the company. Forbes estimates Francesco Saputo’s ...
Philip Fayer belongs to the class of billionaire dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates. Philip Fayer was a student at Concordia University when he founded a payment processing company in 2003 with the help of his co-founder Lester Hernandes. Philip Fayer never finished his studies at Concordia, as his company, now known as Nuvei, quickly bec...
Immigrants play a major role in the list of Quebec’s richest people. Born in Berlin, Stephen Jarislowsky left Nazi Germany for the Netherlands and then France before immigrating to the United States in the 1940s. Once in the United States, he earned an MBA from Harvard University. Jarislowsky also served in the U.S. Army before moving to Montreal t...
If you’ve ever seen a red owl winking at you during one of your late-night convenience store stops, then you know how billionaire Richard Fortin made his fortune. Fortin is one of the co-founders of the Couche-Tard convenience store chain, better known as Circle K outside Quebec. According to Forbes, Richard Fortin is worth C$2.1 billion (US$1.6 bi...
Pierre Karl Péladeau, a former leader of the Parti Québécois, is more of a businessman than a politician. Now head of Quebecor, a major player in the Canadian media and telecommunications industry, Pierre Karl Péladeau is impossible to ignore in Quebec, where most of the company’s assets are concentrated. Pierre-Karl Péladeau owes his fortune to hi...
Robert Miller is the founder of Future Electronics, one of the world’s top four electronic component suppliers. Robert Miller founded his company in 1968 and grew it into the billion dollar company it is today. It was in the world of electronics that our billionaire made his fortune. In 1968, he launched his company Future Electronics and, eight ye...
Although he no longer lives in Quebec, Charles Bronfman was born there. He inherited the world’s largest distiller of alcohol, Seagram. In 2000, he and his nephew decided to sell the family business to Vivendi in a deal valued at $30 billion. According to Forbes, Charles Bronfman’s net worth is C$3.4 billion (US$2.5 billion). Bronfman also founded ...
Desmarais is a director of Pargesa SA since April 2021. He is a director of many Power Corporation group companies in North America, including Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life, IGM Financial, IG Wealth Management and Mackenzie. In Europe, he is Chairman of the Board of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert.
Board of Directors. Senior management. Power Corporation’s senior management team continually strives for excellence in crafting and executing the Corporation’s strategy. The team’s vision, entrepreneurial approach and leadership has resulted in significant value for shareholders over the long term. R. Jeffrey Orr.
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Dec 13, 2019 · Les Desmarais contrôlent Power Corporation par le biais d’une fiducie familiale administrée par Paul Desmarais Jr, André Desmarais, Sophie Desmarais, Michel Plessis-Bélair et Guy Fortin. La ...
