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James Allen Pattison OC OBC (born October 1, 1928) is a Canadian business magnate, and investor.He is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he holds the position of chief executive officer, chairman and sole owner of the Jim Pattison Group, Canada's second largest privately-held company, with more than 45,000 employees worldwide, and annual sales of $10.1 billion. [1]
- Early Life and Education
- Car Leasing
- The Jim Pattison Group
- Ripley Entertainment Inc.
- Expo 86 and 2010 Vancouver Olympics
- Philanthropy
- Personal Life
- Select Honours and Awards
Pattison was born in Saskatchewan in 1928, the year before the Great Depression. With Canada’s unemployment rate eclipsing 32 per cent, Pattison’s parents moved to Vancouver’s east side in 1931. Growing up in the attic of a cramped rooming house, he learned from an early age to look for ways to get ahead. Pattison had his first job by the age nine,...
Pattison left UBC before graduating to work at the Bowell McLean car dealership. In 1961, at the age of 33, Pattison left the dealership to purchase a GM dealership that sold Pontiac and Buick brand vehicles. With the help of a loan from a local Royal Bank, which was eight times higher than the lending limit for that branch, Pattison would help pio...
In 1967, Pattison began to expand his business ventures by buying 20 per cent of the shares of Neon Products, a leader in outdoor advertising. With a 20 per cent ownership stake, Pattison executed a hostile takeover of the company. The company went on to own and operate airlines, hockey franchises, department storesand consumer products such as Ora...
The Jim Pattison Group’s most notable acquisition was made in 1985 when the company purchased the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! franchise. Under The Pattison Group’s management, Ripley Entertainment Inc. has grown to include Guinness World Records, Great Wolf Lodge and multiple aquariums. By 2016, the entertainment division of The Jim Pattison Group ...
Pattison served as the president and chairman of Expo 86, held in Vancouver in 1986. Pattison worked full-time without pay for over a five and a half-year period. For his efforts, Pattison was named an Officer of the Order of Canada on 29 December 1986, and in 1990 he was a recipient of the Order of British Columbia. Pattison was instrumental in he...
Pattison has been known to give 10 per cent of his income to charity every year, including once placing a $1 million cheque in a church collection plate. In 2017, Pattison made the largest private citizen donation to a single medical facility in Canadian history. The $75 million donation was used to establish the Jim Pattison Medical Centre in Vanc...
Pattison is married to his childhood sweetheart, Mary Hudson. The couple has three children, two daughters and one son. The Pattisons own a residence in Palm Springs, California, that once belonged to Frank Sinatra, from whom they purchased the property in 1984. In 1990, Pattison’s 30-year-old daughter, Cynthia Kilburn, was kidnapped and held ranso...
Officer, Order of Canada(1986)Member, Order of British Columbia(1990)Commemorative Medal for the 125thAnniversary of Canadian Confederation (1992)Inductee, Canadian Business Hall of Fame (1996)May 24, 2024 · “Jim Pattison was still a teenager when he made his first $1,000 selling cars,” Province reporter Eric Lindsay related in a profile on May 29, 1961. “He did it in one month at age 19.”
Jim Pattison, a Vancouver -based entrepreneur, is the chairman, CEO, and sole owner of the company. The Jim Pattison Group, Canada's second largest privately held company, has more than 45,000 employees worldwide, and annual sales of $10.1 billion [2] based on investments in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Jim Pattison is a Canadian business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. Born on October 1, 1928 and raised in the rural town of Luseland, Saskatchewan, Pattison’s family moved to East Vancouver, British Columbia when he was six years old. His first summer job was playing trumpet at a children’s church camp and had many jobs while in high ...
Aug 3, 2021 · At 92 Jim Pattison is a billionaire many times over, and still helms — as chief executive and chairman — the company he founded in 1961: the Jim Pattison Group. It would be difficult to find a Canadian entrepreneur with more diverse business holdings. The Jim Pattison Group, owned 100-per cent by Pattison himself, is an umbrella company ...
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May 30, 2023 · In 1961, Pattison founded his first company, a car dealership called Ripley Motors. He quickly expanded his business empire to include a variety of companies in industries ranging from advertising to real estate to media. His most well-known companies include Jim Pattison Group, the second-largest private company in Canada.
