Jim Pattison

Jim Pattison

James Allen Pattison OC OBC (born October 1, 1928) is a Canadian businessman, investor and philanthropist. He is the owner and founder of Jim Pattison Group. He is a billionaire, with a net worth of $5.7 billion in late 2018 according to Forbes.[1] Pattison was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He moved to Vancouver, British Columbia when he was 6 years old.[2] In December 2018, Pattison received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.[3]

In 1961, Pattison got a $40,000 loan from a manager at Royal Bank of Canada and used it to open a Pontiac dealership in Vancouver.[4] He would also invest his money in other businesses like Guinness World Records and Ripley's Believe It or Not!.[5]

Pattison would work to help bring Expo 86 and the 2010 Winter Olympics to Vancouver.[6]

References

[change | change source]
  1. ↑ "'#237 Jim Pattison. Founder, Chairman and CEO, Jim Pattison Group". Forbes. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  2. ↑ "'Canada's Warren Buffett' Drives His Own Pickup Truck". Bloomberg. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  3. ↑ "2018 Inductees". Canada's Walk of Fame. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  4. ↑ "On the road with 90-year-old Jim Pattison, 'Canada's Warren Buffett'". BNN Bloomberg. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  5. ↑ "One for the books: B.C. billionaire buys Guinness World Records". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Canada 150: Jim Pattison exemplifies rags-to-riches mythology". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Other websites

[change | change source]