Even though Canada is not well-known for entrepreneurship, it has managed to establish its part of shining stars who have attained prosperity due to their intellect, energy, and can-do approaches. Here are some of the Canadian investors with outstanding success in their careers and notice their achievements.
Mike Lazaridis
Mike is the CEO and initiator of R.I.M and has been attributed to inventing the Blackberry. Considered one of Canada’s most successful engineers, Lazaridis dropped out of Waterloo University to pursue Research in Motion Limited, which was his primary business venture. Since then, he has received many recognitions and awards. In 2005 he received the National Builder of the Year award and ranked among the world’s top influential persons.
Samuel Bronfman
Samuel Bronfman is a businessman and financier who attained success through establishing the Montreal-based Distillers Company. Joseph Seagram and Sons would later acquire the company in 1928. While he made a significant amount of cash through the purchase, Bronfman remained with the firm and supported it to succeed in a post-prohibition atmosphere. In 1963, Mike decided to venture into the oil business, where he made a lot of profit within 20 years. His leadership skills and experience has been the central pillar supporting the company over the years.
John Molson
Although he died in 1836, John Molson is retrospectively considered one of Canada’s most successful entrepreneurs. He was born in England before moving to Canada in 1782, after which he began displaying interest in brewing beer. His passion and dedication pushed him to establish Molson Brewery after borrowing capital from his grandmother at 18. His company came to be the second-largest registered enterprise in Canada.
Molson quickly developed his company into the fifth-biggest brewery in the globe. He went ahead to create Lower Canada’s primary distillery. Also, He parlayed his venture success to social causes like sponsoring Montreal’s first theater, contributing towards the building of the first railway in Canada, and many more.
Wallace and Harrison Mccain
The McCain brothers co-established McCain Foods Limited. Established in 1956, the firm quickly developed to the world’s biggest distributor of frozen foods, covering almost a third of the global French fry’s demand. The brothers were motivated by their father, who was a sweet potato farmer. However, instead of following their father’s footsteps, the McCain brothers established a factory that peals and froze them to form fries. Since then, they have developed their business to over 60 factories all over the world.
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
This is the owner of Bombardier Limited, the most extensive railway equipment in the world and public airplanes producer who became the second largest jets producer. Therefore, he created and sold snow motor vehicles, attaining his lifetime ambition of manufacturing a snow machine that could drift on snow. Initially, B7 snowmobiles were well received and sold during winter. His production was derailed when Canada entered World war II. By this time, Bombardier offered his skills by producing specific military vehicles to the Canadian government.
