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

Locations without recorded people

Billionaires and Business LeadersBy net worth · Top 100

  1. 1Bill GatesDowntown Montreal · American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)$96.5B
  2. 2David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of FleetToronto · Canadian hereditary peer$32.5B
  3. 3John DoerrMontreal · American businessman$16.1B
  4. 4Jim PattisonVancouver · Canadian businessman$4.8B
  5. 5Daryl KatzEdmonton · Canadian businessman and founder of Katz Group$4.3B
  6. 6Barry ShermanToronto · Canadian businessperson$3.48B
  7. 7Donald TrumpVancouver · President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)$2.5B
  8. 8Eric SprottVancouver · Canadian businessman$1B
  9. 9Ronnen HararyToronto · Canadian billionaire businessman$1B
  10. 10Anton RabieToronto · Canadian billionaire businessman$1B
  11. 11Matthew CorrinPublic company founderToronto · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  12. 12Gary SlaightPublic company founderToronto · Canadian broadcasting executive and philanthropistUndisclosed
  13. 13Chris PavlovskiPublic company founderToronto · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  14. 14Stéphane GraberTech founderShefford · Swiss-born Canadian software engineerUndisclosed
  15. 15Larry RossyPublic company founderMontrealUndisclosed
  16. 16James TemertyPublic company founderToronto · Ukrainian-Canadian businessman and philanthropistUndisclosed
  17. 17Dax DasilvaPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  18. 18Erica XuTech founderToronto · programmerUndisclosed
  19. 19Shida LiTech founderToronto · programmerUndisclosed
  20. 20Lino SaputoPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  21. 21Jeff WardTech founderVictoria · technologist and founder of Animikii Indigenous Technology Inc.Undisclosed
  22. 22Stephen Boleslav RomanPublic company founderToronto · Slovak entrepreneurUndisclosed
  23. 23Axel VillamilTech founderToronto · Canadian entrepreneur, creative director, and dancerUndisclosed
  24. 24Gabby DaRienzoTech founderToronto · video game developerUndisclosed
  25. 25Xe IasoTech founderOttawa · Canadian software developerUndisclosed
  26. 26Tim HortonPublic company founderOakville · Canadian ice hockey player and businessman (1930–1974)Undisclosed
  27. 27Stephen HuangTech founderCalgary · Canadian video game developerUndisclosed
  28. 28Wael El GhazzawiTech founderMontreal · Canadian tech executiveUndisclosed
  29. 29Mike LazaridisTech founderWaterloo · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  30. 30Mitch SchwartzTech founderMontreal · Montreal-based consultant in AI enablement, delivery leadership and change; founder of Ops MachineUndisclosed
  31. 31Steven McKeownTech founderSaint-Hubert · Canadian entrepreneur; founder and president of PragmaFlowUndisclosed
  32. 32Mandeep KumarTech founderToronto · Canadian entrepreneur and founder of Ecommerce Development Pros and Arete Soft Labs Inc.Undisclosed
  33. 33Raj LalaPublic company founderToronto · Canadian business executive, founder and CEO of Evolve Funds GroupUndisclosed
  34. 34Michael SimonettaPublic company founderToronto · Canadian business executive, co-founder and chairman of Evolve Funds GroupUndisclosed
  35. 35Victor Jacob BrodeurTech founderChilliwack · Canadian inventor and entrepreneur, founder of EMPHOS GroupUndisclosed
  36. 36Maxime LavoieTech founderMontreal · Canadian software entrepreneur, founder and CEO of LevelOpsUndisclosed
  37. 37Dennis PilarinosTech founderVancouver · Canadian technology entrepreneur, founder of Buddybuild and UnblockedUndisclosed
  38. 38Ziyad BasheerTech founderToronto · entrepreneur, founder and CEO of AideUndisclosed
  39. 39William RousseauTech founderQuebec City · Quebec entrepreneur, co-founder of Nexum IntelligenceUndisclosed
  40. 40Jonathan OuelletteTech founderQuebec City · Quebec entrepreneur, co-founder of Nexum IntelligenceUndisclosed
  41. 41Evgeny MedvedevTech founderVancouver · co-founder of Nansen.ai and AI ReFounderUndisclosed
  42. 42Rachid WehbiTech founderVaughan · Canadian entrepreneur and music producerUndisclosed
  43. 43Solon AngelTech founderOttawa · EntrepreneurUndisclosed
  44. 44Nabil TayebTech founderMontreal · entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Draft & GoalUndisclosed
  45. 45Vincent TerrasiTech founderMontreal · data scientist and entrepreneur, co-founder and CTO of Draft & GoalUndisclosed
  46. 46Maxime BellemareTech founderLévis · Entrepreneur, founder of KRWNUndisclosed
  47. 47Nabeel KhanTech founderToronto · Canadian Enterprise AI architect, AI governance, researcher, advisor, consultant and authorUndisclosed
  48. 48Braden ReamTech founderToronto · co-founder of VoiceflowUndisclosed
  49. 49Tyler HanTech founderToronto · co-founder of VoiceflowUndisclosed
  50. 50Michael HoodTech founderToronto · co-founder of VoiceflowUndisclosed
  51. 51Andrew LawrenceTech founderToronto · co-founder of VoiceflowUndisclosed
  52. 52Mohsin ShafiqueTech founderOntario · founder of AEROSS Agentic Systems (formerly Teamingway), enterprise software entrepreneurUndisclosed
  53. 53Simon LafortuneTech founderSainte-Julienne · Quebec entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Bâtir à RabaisUndisclosed
  54. 54Alexandre PelletierTech founderSainte-Julienne · Quebec entrepreneur, co-founder of Bâtir à RabaisUndisclosed
  55. 55David AkinmadeTech founderRegina · founder of Laroye AI, AI researcher in Regina, CanadaUndisclosed
  56. 56Vergel EvansTech founderBritish Columbia · user experience designer and software developer, founder of Humanjava EnterprisesUndisclosed
  57. 57Tim BrayTech founderWaterloo · Canadian software developer (b. 1955)Undisclosed
  58. 58Sherman FairchildPublic company founderLongueuil · American businessman (1896–1971)Undisclosed
  59. 59William MackenziePublic company founderToronto · railway entrepreneurUndisclosed
  60. 60John RichardsonPublic company founderFirst Canadian Place · Scots-Quebecer and arguably Montreal's leading businessman (died 1831)Undisclosed
  61. 61Roger HardyPublic company founderVancouver · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  62. 62Darren ThroopPublic company founderToronto · American businesspersonUndisclosed
  63. 63Nolan WatsonPublic company founderVancouver · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  64. 64Ned GoodmanPublic company founderToronto · Canadian businessman and a former Chancellor of Brock UniversityUndisclosed
  65. 65Larry O'BrienPublic company founderOttawa · Canadian politicianUndisclosed
  66. 66Bruce SimmondsPublic company founderKing CityUndisclosed
  67. 67米兰·帕尼奇Public company founderLaval · Yugoslav politician (1929–2026)Undisclosed
  68. 68Paul ValléeTech founderOttawa · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  69. 69Tobias LütkeTech founderOttawa · German entrepreneur and software developerUndisclosed
  70. 70Jason PriemTech founderVancouver · American information scientistUndisclosed
  71. 71Heather PiwowarTech founderVancouver · bioinformatician and open data advocateUndisclosed
  72. 72Jade RaymondTech founderToronto · Canadian video game executiveUndisclosed
  73. 73Brian HillPublic company founderVancouver · Canadian entrepreneur (20th century)Undisclosed
  74. 74雷·穆齐卡Tech founderEdmonton · Canadian video game designerUndisclosed
  75. 75George GardenPublic company founderFirst Canadian Place · Canadian politicianUndisclosed
  76. 76Bob YoungPublic company founderHamilton · Canadian entrepreneurUndisclosed
  77. 77Alex HutchinsonTech founderMontreal · Australian video game director and designerUndisclosed
  78. 78Arthur SurveyerPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian engineer (1878–1961)Undisclosed
  79. 79Pieter WuilleTech founderVictoria · Bitcoin Core developerUndisclosed
  80. 80Raphael van LieropTech founderVancouver · founder and creative director of Hinterland Studios Inc., a game development company from CanadaUndisclosed
  81. 81Denis DyackTech founderSt. Catharines · Canadian video game developerUndisclosed
  82. 82Ignace BourgetPublic company founderMontreal · Catholic archbishopUndisclosed
  83. 83François LegaultPublic company founderMontreal · Premier of Quebec (2018-2026)Undisclosed
  84. 84Greg ZeschukTech founderEdmonton · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  85. 85Graeme FergusonPublic company founderMississauga · Canadian filmmaker and inventor (1929–2021)Undisclosed
  86. 86Heather ReismanPublic company founderToronto · Canadian businesswomanUndisclosed
  87. 87Henri AudetPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian engineerUndisclosed
  88. 88Henry LombPublic company founderVaughan · German-American businessman (1828-1908)Undisclosed
  89. 89Hormidas LaportePublic company founderPlace d'Armes · Canadian politician (1850–1934); mayor of Montreal, Quebec 1904-1906Undisclosed
  90. 90Jean CoutuPublic company founderVarennes · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  91. 91Matthew Hamilton GaultPublic company founderToronto · Irish-Canadian financier and politicianUndisclosed
  92. 92Conrad BlackPublic company founderToronto · Canadian and British newspaper publisher (born 1944)Undisclosed
  93. 93Pierre PéladeauPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian businessman (1925–1997)Undisclosed
  94. 94John BitovePublic company founderToronto · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  95. 95Rolland JeanneauPublic company founderMontrealUndisclosed
  96. 96Roman KroitorPublic company founderMississauga · Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of Imax CorporationUndisclosed
  97. 97Rémi MarcouxPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian magazine publisherUndisclosed
  98. 98Serge GodinPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian information technology executive and computer scientistUndisclosed
  99. 99Adam BackTech founderVictoria · British cryptographerUndisclosed
  100. 100Stanley MaPublic company founderMontreal · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed

Technology Sectors

Leading IndustriesBy associated people

Companies Headquartered Here

  1. 1Bank of Montreal6
  2. 2Evolve Funds Group4
  3. 3Fairfax Financial3
  4. 4IMAX Corporation3
  5. 5Canadian Tire2
  6. 6Lionsgate Canada2
  7. 7Tim Hortons2
  8. 8Mitel2
  9. 9Open Text Corporation2
  10. 10Stingray Radio2
  11. 11Northland Power2
  12. 12Reitmans2
  13. 13Sirius XM Canada2
  14. 14Spin Master2
  15. 15Bausch & Lomb2
  16. 16Brookfield Corporation2
  17. 17Rumble1
  18. 18Alliance Atlantis1
  19. 19Industrial Alliance1
  20. 20Thomson Reuters1
  21. 21Metro1
  22. 22Pizza Pizza1
  23. 23Domtar1
  24. 24Saputo1
  25. 25Corby Distilleries1
  26. 26Laurentian Bank of Canada1
  27. 27Euro Manganese1
  28. 28WiLAN1
  29. 29Shaw Communications1
  30. 30Goldcorp Inc.1

Wealth figures are in U.S. dollars and use the latest available estimate for each person. Read the methodology and sources.