David Walsh (mining)

David Walsh
Born	August 11, 1945(1945-08-11) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	4 June 1998(1998-06-04) (aged 52) Nassau, Bahamas
Cause of death	Aneurysm
Known for	oil and gas and mining businessman

David Walsh (11 August 1945 – 4 June 1998) was a Canadian businessman in the oil and gas and mining industries. Walsh was founder and CEO of the Canadian mining company Bre-X, which was involved in one of the largest stock market scandals in Canadian history. Walsh is considered one of the most famous whistle blowers in Canadian corporate history, calling in RCMP investigators once the fraud was identified, and assisting the RCMP in their criminal investigation. Prior to the Bre-X fraud, Walsh ran several successful oil and gas companies with properties throughout the United States and Canada, and prior to that Walsh was a stock broker and trust company officer and portfolio manager. In 1998 he died of an apparent aneurysm suffered at his luxurious home in the Bahamas.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ Reuters (5 June 1998). "Bre-X scandal haunts former president even at death", CNN.com. Retrieved on 15 September 2008.
2. ^ Messing, Brett; Steven Sugarman, James J. Cramer (2006). The Forewarned Investor. Career Press. pp. pp. 143 – 159. ISBN 9781564148810. http://books.google.com/books?id=Zt6qv8ijoGAC&pg=PA143&dq=%22David+Walsh%22+Bre-X&sig=ACfU3U3hKHv9Io8g5HQpyjHWp0xkmtWTKg#PPA143,M1. 

• Bre-X: Gold Today, Gone Tomorrow : Anatomy of the Busang Swindle. The Northern Miner. 1997. pp. p. 16. ISBN 9781552570036. "born on August 11, 1945, in Montreal" 

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Name	Walsh, David
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Date of birth	11 August 1945
Place of birth	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date of death	4 June 1998
Place of death	Nassau, Bahamas