Prem Watsa

Prem Watsa

Prem Watsa was born in 1950 in Hyderabad, India and is the founder, chairman, and chief executive of Fairfax Financial Holdings, based in Toronto, Ontario. [(BusinessWeek.com - Executive Profile - Prem Watsa/FFH) http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1136292&symbol=FFH.TO "] [(Forbes.com - Executive Profile - Prem Watsa/FFH) http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=890456 "] [(Yahoo! Finance - Company Profile of Fairfax Financial) http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/56/56469.html "] [(Fool.com - 2007-12-05 - How to Dodge the Debt: BRK.A & FFH) http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2007/12/05/how-to-dodge-the-debt.aspx "] He has been called the "Canadian Warren Buffett" by some during successful periods of investing in the past. [ [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060126.rmprem0127/BNStory/specialROBmagazine/?pageRequested=all reportonbusiness.com: Short shrift ] ] He is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology with a degree in Chemical Engineering and a holder of an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business of the University of Western Ontario. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital for Children, a member of the Advisory Board for the Richard Ivey School of Business, a member of the Board of Directors of the Royal Ontario Museum Foundation and as well as Chairman of the Investment Committee of St. Paul’s Anglican Church.

* Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited [(BusinessWeek.com - Executive Profile - Prem Watsa/FFH) http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1136292&symbol=FFH.TO "] "founder, Chairman and CEO"
* Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. "Chairman"
* Northbridge Financial Corp. "Chairman"
* Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd. "Vice President"
* ICICI Bank Ltd. "Director and Member of Risk Committee"

Trivia

* Prem Watsa attended the Indian Institute of Technology around the same time as Ajit Jain. Jain is the head of Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group. Watsa and Jain were both at different campuses at IIT and know each other from regular insurance industry meetings.

External links

* [http://www.fairfax.ca/corporate.htm Fairfax Financial - Corporate]
* [http://www.bengrahaminvesting.ca/About_Us/advisory_board.htm http://www.bengrahaminvesting.ca/About_Us/advisory_board.htm]
* [http://www.marketvisual.com/d/V_/V_Prem_Watsa_e309_1.htm MarketVisual.com - V Prem Watsa - Direct Relationships]

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