Business Leaders with Companies Based in Canada
People are grouped by where their associated companies are headquartered.
RichGeo records 167 people for Canada by company headquarters. 10 have reported or estimated net worth of at least $1 billion.
167
People recorded
10
Net worth of $1B or more
$163.18B
Combined recorded net worth
States and provinces
Ontario 85Quebec 41British Columbia 28Alberta 12Nova Scotia 2Manitoba 2Newfoundland and Labrador 1Saskatchewan 1
Locations without recorded people
Billionaires and Business LeadersBy net worth · Top 100
- 1Bill GatesDowntown Montreal · American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)$96.5B
- 2David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of FleetToronto · Canadian hereditary peer$32.5B
- 3John DoerrMontreal · American businessman$16.1B
- 4Jim PattisonVancouver · Canadian businessman$4.8B
- 5Daryl KatzEdmonton · Canadian businessman and founder of Katz Group$4.3B
- 6Barry ShermanToronto · Canadian businessperson$3.48B
- 7Donald TrumpVancouver · President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)$2.5B
- 8Eric SprottVancouver · Canadian businessman$1B
- 9Ronnen HararyToronto · Canadian billionaire businessman$1B
- 10Anton RabieToronto · Canadian billionaire businessman$1B
- 11Matthew CorrinPublic company founderToronto · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
- 12Gary SlaightPublic company founderToronto · Canadian broadcasting executive and philanthropistUndisclosed
- 13Chris PavlovskiPublic company founderToronto · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
- 14Stéphane GraberTech founderShefford · Swiss-born Canadian software engineerUndisclosed
- 15Larry RossyPublic company founderMontrealUndisclosed
- 16James TemertyPublic company founderToronto · Ukrainian-Canadian businessman and philanthropistUndisclosed
- 17Dax DasilvaPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
- 18Erica XuTech founderToronto · programmerUndisclosed
- 19Shida LiTech founderToronto · programmerUndisclosed
- 20Lino SaputoPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
- 21Jeff WardTech founderVictoria · technologist and founder of Animikii Indigenous Technology Inc.Undisclosed
- 22Stephen Boleslav RomanPublic company founderToronto · Slovak entrepreneurUndisclosed
- 23Axel VillamilTech founderToronto · Canadian entrepreneur, creative director, and dancerUndisclosed
- 24Gabby DaRienzoTech founderToronto · video game developerUndisclosed
- 25Xe IasoTech founderOttawa · Canadian software developerUndisclosed
- 26Tim HortonPublic company founderOakville · Canadian ice hockey player and businessman (1930–1974)Undisclosed
- 27Stephen HuangTech founderCalgary · Canadian video game developerUndisclosed
- 28Wael El GhazzawiTech founderMontreal · Canadian tech executiveUndisclosed
- 29Mike LazaridisTech founderWaterloo · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
- 30Mitch SchwartzTech founderMontreal · Montreal-based consultant in AI enablement, delivery leadership and change; founder of Ops MachineUndisclosed
- 31Steven McKeownTech founderSaint-Hubert · Canadian entrepreneur; founder and president of PragmaFlowUndisclosed
- 32Mandeep KumarTech founderToronto · Canadian entrepreneur and founder of Ecommerce Development Pros and Arete Soft Labs Inc.Undisclosed
- 33Raj LalaPublic company founderToronto · Canadian business executive, founder and CEO of Evolve Funds GroupUndisclosed
- 34Michael SimonettaPublic company founderToronto · Canadian business executive, co-founder and chairman of Evolve Funds GroupUndisclosed
- 35Victor Jacob BrodeurTech founderChilliwack · Canadian inventor and entrepreneur, founder of EMPHOS GroupUndisclosed
- 36Maxime LavoieTech founderMontreal · Canadian software entrepreneur, founder and CEO of LevelOpsUndisclosed
- 37Dennis PilarinosTech founderVancouver · Canadian technology entrepreneur, founder of Buddybuild and UnblockedUndisclosed
- 38Ziyad BasheerTech founderToronto · entrepreneur, founder and CEO of AideUndisclosed
- 39William RousseauTech founderQuebec City · Quebec entrepreneur, co-founder of Nexum IntelligenceUndisclosed
- 40Jonathan OuelletteTech founderQuebec City · Quebec entrepreneur, co-founder of Nexum IntelligenceUndisclosed
- 41Evgeny MedvedevTech founderVancouver · co-founder of Nansen.ai and AI ReFounderUndisclosed
- 42Rachid WehbiTech founderVaughan · Canadian entrepreneur and music producerUndisclosed
- 43Solon AngelTech founderOttawa · EntrepreneurUndisclosed
- 44Nabil TayebTech founderMontreal · entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Draft & GoalUndisclosed
- 45Vincent TerrasiTech founderMontreal · data scientist and entrepreneur, co-founder and CTO of Draft & GoalUndisclosed
- 46Maxime BellemareTech founderLévis · Entrepreneur, founder of KRWNUndisclosed
- 47Nabeel KhanTech founderToronto · Canadian Enterprise AI architect, AI governance, researcher, advisor, consultant and authorUndisclosed
- 48Braden ReamTech founderToronto · co-founder of VoiceflowUndisclosed
- 49Tyler HanTech founderToronto · co-founder of VoiceflowUndisclosed
- 50Michael HoodTech founderToronto · co-founder of VoiceflowUndisclosed
- 51Andrew LawrenceTech founderToronto · co-founder of VoiceflowUndisclosed
- 52Mohsin ShafiqueTech founderOntario · founder of AEROSS Agentic Systems (formerly Teamingway), enterprise software entrepreneurUndisclosed
- 53Simon LafortuneTech founderSainte-Julienne · Quebec entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Bâtir à RabaisUndisclosed
- 54Alexandre PelletierTech founderSainte-Julienne · Quebec entrepreneur, co-founder of Bâtir à RabaisUndisclosed
- 55David AkinmadeTech founderRegina · founder of Laroye AI, AI researcher in Regina, CanadaUndisclosed
- 56Vergel EvansTech founderBritish Columbia · user experience designer and software developer, founder of Humanjava EnterprisesUndisclosed
- 57Tim BrayTech founderWaterloo · Canadian software developer (b. 1955)Undisclosed
- 58Sherman FairchildPublic company founderLongueuil · American businessman (1896–1971)Undisclosed
- 59William MackenziePublic company founderToronto · railway entrepreneurUndisclosed
- 60John RichardsonPublic company founderFirst Canadian Place · Scots-Quebecer and arguably Montreal's leading businessman (died 1831)Undisclosed
- 61Roger HardyPublic company founderVancouver · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
- 62Darren ThroopPublic company founderToronto · American businesspersonUndisclosed
- 63Nolan WatsonPublic company founderVancouver · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
- 64Ned GoodmanPublic company founderToronto · Canadian businessman and a former Chancellor of Brock UniversityUndisclosed
- 65Larry O'BrienPublic company founderOttawa · Canadian politicianUndisclosed
- 66Bruce SimmondsPublic company founderKing CityUndisclosed
- 67米兰·帕尼奇Public company founderLaval · Yugoslav politician (1929–2026)Undisclosed
- 68Paul ValléeTech founderOttawa · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
- 69Tobias LütkeTech founderOttawa · German entrepreneur and software developerUndisclosed
- 70Jason PriemTech founderVancouver · American information scientistUndisclosed
- 71Heather PiwowarTech founderVancouver · bioinformatician and open data advocateUndisclosed
- 72Jade RaymondTech founderToronto · Canadian video game executiveUndisclosed
- 73Brian HillPublic company founderVancouver · Canadian entrepreneur (20th century)Undisclosed
- 74雷·穆齐卡Tech founderEdmonton · Canadian video game designerUndisclosed
- 75George GardenPublic company founderFirst Canadian Place · Canadian politicianUndisclosed
- 76Bob YoungPublic company founderHamilton · Canadian entrepreneurUndisclosed
- 77Alex HutchinsonTech founderMontreal · Australian video game director and designerUndisclosed
- 78Arthur SurveyerPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian engineer (1878–1961)Undisclosed
- 79Pieter WuilleTech founderVictoria · Bitcoin Core developerUndisclosed
- 80Raphael van LieropTech founderVancouver · founder and creative director of Hinterland Studios Inc., a game development company from CanadaUndisclosed
- 81Denis DyackTech founderSt. Catharines · Canadian video game developerUndisclosed
- 82Ignace BourgetPublic company founderMontreal · Catholic archbishopUndisclosed
- 83François LegaultPublic company founderMontreal · Premier of Quebec (2018-2026)Undisclosed
- 84Greg ZeschukTech founderEdmonton · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
- 85Graeme FergusonPublic company founderMississauga · Canadian filmmaker and inventor (1929–2021)Undisclosed
- 86Heather ReismanPublic company founderToronto · Canadian businesswomanUndisclosed
- 87Henri AudetPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian engineerUndisclosed
- 88Henry LombPublic company founderVaughan · German-American businessman (1828-1908)Undisclosed
- 89Hormidas LaportePublic company founderPlace d'Armes · Canadian politician (1850–1934); mayor of Montreal, Quebec 1904-1906Undisclosed
- 90Jean CoutuPublic company founderVarennes · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
- 91Matthew Hamilton GaultPublic company founderToronto · Irish-Canadian financier and politicianUndisclosed
- 92Conrad BlackPublic company founderToronto · Canadian and British newspaper publisher (born 1944)Undisclosed
- 93Pierre PéladeauPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian businessman (1925–1997)Undisclosed
- 94John BitovePublic company founderToronto · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
- 95Rolland JeanneauPublic company founderMontrealUndisclosed
- 96Roman KroitorPublic company founderMississauga · Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of Imax CorporationUndisclosed
- 97Rémi MarcouxPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian magazine publisherUndisclosed
- 98Serge GodinPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian information technology executive and computer scientistUndisclosed
- 99Adam BackTech founderVictoria · British cryptographerUndisclosed
- 100Stanley MaPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
Technology Sectors
Leading IndustriesBy associated people
Companies Headquartered Here
- 1Bank of Montreal6
- 2Evolve Funds Group4
- 3Fairfax Financial3
- 4IMAX Corporation3
- 5Canadian Tire2
- 6Lionsgate Canada2
- 7Tim Hortons2
- 8Mitel2
- 9Open Text Corporation2
- 10Stingray Radio2
- 11Northland Power2
- 12Reitmans2
- 13Sirius XM Canada2
- 14Spin Master2
- 15Bausch & Lomb2
- 16Brookfield Corporation2
- 17Rumble1
- 18Alliance Atlantis1
- 19Industrial Alliance1
- 20Thomson Reuters1
- 21Metro1
- 22Pizza Pizza1
- 23Domtar1
- 24Saputo1
- 25Corby Distilleries1
- 26Laurentian Bank of Canada1
- 27Euro Manganese1
- 28WiLAN1
- 29Shaw Communications1
- 30Goldcorp Inc.1
Wealth figures are in U.S. dollars and use the latest available estimate for each person. Read the methodology and sources.