2006-11-26 12:24:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Economics
my grandfather....:)
2006-11-26 12:31:13 · answer #1 · answered by beauty mirna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
June 14, 2006
Kenneth Thomson, Canada's richest man and the 9th wealthiest person in the world according to Forbes's 2005 ranking, died Monday morning at his office in Toronto. The cause of death is reported to be a heart attack.
He was the former Thomson Corp. chairman and the company's controlling shareholder. He made most of his money by making his father's trans-Atlantic newspaper (The Globe and Mail) into one of the world's leading resources for electronic information and data.
Mr. Thomson is survived by his wife, Marilyn; three sons, David, who succeeded him as chairman of Thomson in 2002, Peter and Taylor; and a sister, Audrey Campbell. Mr. Thomson's wife and children must now hold the title.
TOP 10 - Canada's Richest People ... (9 March 2006) ... Wealth in USD$
Name Wealth Source Residence Personal
1. Kenneth Thomson & family (has amassed an internationally famous art collection of some 3,000 pieces) $19.6 billion publishing Toronto 82yo - Married, 3 children
2. Galen Weston & family $8.4 billion retail Toronto 65yo - Married, 2 children
3. James, Arthur & John Irving $5.5 billion oil (600 gas stations) Saint John n/a - 0 children
4. Jeffrey S Skoll $5.0 billion Ebay USA, CA, Los Angeles 41yo - Single, 0 children
5. Paul Desmarais (bought his father's one-route Ontario bus company for $1- in 1951) $3.8 billion finance Montreal 79yo - Married, 4 children
6. Bernard (Barry) Sherman $3.7 billion Apotex pharmaceuticals (seeking over-the-counter-sales approval of its controversial "morning-after" pill ) Toronto 64yo - Married, 4 children
7. Jim Pattison $3.5 billion diversified (incl. Ripley's Believe It or Not) Vancouver 77yo - Married, 3 children
8. Robert Miller $3.0 billion Future Electronics (supports cryonics, the science of freezing bodies with the intent to restore life) Montreal 60yo - Married, 2 children
9. Edward Rogers $3.0 billion media Toronto 72yo - Married, 4 children
10. Charles R Bronfman $2.7 billion liquor Montreal 74yo - Widowed, 2 children (his wife, Andrea, was tragically killed in January; a taxi hit her while she was walking the dog)
2006-11-26 20:40:12 · answer #2 · answered by lindakflowers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the richest man in Canada died in 2005.
(Kenneth Thomson.)
Born: September 1, 1923
Died: June 12, 2006
Toronto, Ontario
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2006-11-26 20:34:35 · answer #3 · answered by emily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-26 20:37:34 · answer #4 · answered by ruthie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-26 20:42:27 · answer #5 · answered by mqa p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋