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Top 10 Richest People In Canada
You are definitely not on this list. Lol.
February 08, 2017, 02:37 PM
Every year, Canadian Business releases their ranking of the richest people and families in Canada.
These people are the titans of their respective industries. Many of them build their fortunes from the ground up and today they are worth billions.
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They own everything from financial groups, to grocery stores, websites, oil, electricity and communication. And if they wanted to, they could probably own your ass as well.
Here are the 10 richest people in Canada:
Thomson Family
Rank #1
- Location: Toronto
- Company: Thomson Reuters - Woodbridge Co.
- Net Worth: $39.13 billion
Galen Weston
Rank #2
- Location: Toronto
- Company: George Weston - Associated British Foods - Loblaw - Selfridges - Holt Renfrew
- Net Worth: $13.22 billion
Saputo Family
Rank #3
- Location: Montreal
- Company: Saputo - Transforce
- Net Worth: $10.61 billion
Rogers Family
Rank #4
- Location: Toronto
- Company: Rogers Communications
- Net Worth: $9.13 billion
Garrett Camp
Rank #5
- Location: San Francisco
- Company: Uber - Stumbleupon
- Net Worth: $8.93 billion
Joseph Tsai
Rank #6
- Location: Hong Kong
- Company: Alibaba
- Net Worth: $8.27 billion
Irving Family
Rank #7
- Location: Saint John, N.B
- Company: Irving Oil - J.D. Irving
- Net Worth: $7.65 billion
Desmarais Family
Rank #8
- Location: Montreal
- Company: Power Corp. of Canada
- Net Worth: $6.71 billion
Richardson Family
Rank #9
- Location: Winnipeg
- Company: James Richardson & Sons
- Net Worth: $5.95 billion
James Pattison
Rank #10
- Location: Vancouver
- Company: Jim Pattison Group
- Net Worth: $5.74 billion
