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David Thomson & family
Rank #25

David Thomson & family

$46807.4B

Toronto, , Canada

Media & Entertainment

Biography

David Thomson and his family control a media and publishing empire founded by his grandfather Roy Thomson.

The family's biggest holding: more than 320 million shares of Thomson Reuters, where Thomson serves as chairman.

In 2018, Thomson Reuters announced it was selling a controlling stake in Refinitiv, a financial data provider, to Blackstone for $17 billion.

The family also holds a stake in telecom giant Bell Canada and own the Toronto-based Globe and Mail newspaper.

Financial Assets

BCE Inc.

TORONTO: BCE-CA

Shares: 5,000,000

Thomson Reuters Corporation (USA)

NYSE: TRI-US

Shares: 327,093,000