- Jim Pattison
James (Jimmy) Allen Pattison, CM, OBC, (born
October 1 ,1928 inSaskatoon [ [http://www.horatioalger.com/members/member_info.cfm?memberid=Pat04 The Horatio Alger Association] ] ,Saskatchewan ) is aVancouver -based entrepreneur who is the chairman, president, CEO, and sole owner of theJim Pattison Group . His company, the third largest privately held company inCanada [ [http://www.business.ualberta.ca/ext-relations/media/releases/2005/20050926.htm University of Alberta School of Business] ] owns numerous car dealerships,Overwaitea Foods andSave-On-Foods ,Ripley's Believe It or Not! , and radio & TV stations inBritish Columbia andAlberta . He also owned the Vancouver Blazers of theWorld Hockey Association . Pattison helped organizeExpo 86 in Vancouver, acting as the CEO and president of the Expo 86 Corporation. He is involved with the committee for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. On February 15 2008, Jim Pattison Group announced the purchase of the GWR organization, the company known for itsGuinness World Records franchise. Aptly enough, its annual book, published in more than 100 countries in 37 languages, is the world's best-selling copyright book.Pattison has been generous with his fortune, making many donations of $1 million or more to causes he supports.
Among other honours, Pattison is a recipient of both the
Order of Canada and theOrder of British Columbia . He was also listed as No. 178 on the 2008Forbes list of the world's richest people. [ [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Jim-Pattison_TPTE.html Forbes] ] . He is also listed as the 6th richest Canadian. [ [http://www.canadianbusiness.com/after_hours/lifestyle_activities/article.jsp?content=20061204_83955_83955 The Rich 100: The Rich List | After Hours | Gotta Do It | Canadian Business Online ] ]Pattison, who owns 25% of the shares of
Canfor , was recently in a dispute over governance with money managerStephen A. Jarislowsky , whose firm owns 18%. Pattison won and ousted CEO Jim Shepherd over Canfor's poor performance and declining share price, replacing him for the interim with Jim Shepard. [http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=fb5f68f1-5946-4b46-8a1b-6428db31d1d7]Further reading
*Jimmy: An Autobiograpy by Jim Pattison and Paul Grescoe (1987)
*Pattison: Portrait of a capitalist superstar by Russell Kelly (Nov 1986)ee also
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Lists of billionaires
*Expo 86 External links
*Biography on the [http://www.protocol.gov.bc.ca/protocol/prgs/obc/1990/1990_JPattison.htm Order of British Columbia website] .
*Entry on [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1307 Order of Canada website] .
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/009/000123637/ NNDB entry]
* [http://www.jimpattison.com The Jim Pattison Group main website]
* [http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=fb5f68f1-5946-4b46-8a1b-6428db31d1d7 Jimmy got Mad]Multimedia
* [http://archives.cbc.ca/economy_business/business/clip/14929/ CBC Archives] - Jim Pattison and
Expo 86 (from 1985).References
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