3.Jim Pattison
Making it into the top 3 richest people in Canada is Jim Pattison.
Net worth: $7.1 billion
Source: Diversified
Jim Pattison is the founder, chairman and CEO of Jim Pattison Group, a conglomerate that has operations in different areas, from automotive and media to packaging and food industries.
The business had a 8% increase in its sales last year, earning more than $8 billion. Jim Patisson Group has 505 locations and 9.4 million square feet of real estate. More than 36.000 people are employed in different sectors of the business, from car dealerships, to the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not empire.
Patisson is the largest individual shareholder in Canadian forest production company Canfor. The billionaire not only has an amazing car collection, but he also owns a house that once belonged to Frank Sinatra. That surely is impressing!
