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Rank #158
Jim Pattison
$11591.4B
Vancouver, , Canada
Diversified
Biography
Jim Pattison oversees a sprawling group that operates 25 divisions including packaging, food and entertainment.
Pattison's first business was a GM dealership he bought in 1961.
The Canadian billionaire also controls more than 40% of publicly-traded forest products company Canfor.
His entertainment division includes Guinness World Records, the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! chain and Great Wolf Lodge's Canadian franchise rights.
Financial Assets
Canfor Corp.
TORONTO: CFP-CAShares: 63,729,000
Canterra Minerals Corporation
TSX VENTURE: CTM-CAShares: 1,548,000
Just Energy Group Inc.
TSX VENTURE: JE.H-CAShares: 670,000
West Fraser Timber
TORONTO: WFG-CAShares: 8,926,000
Westshore Terminals
US OTC: WTSHF-USShares: 24,000,000