Business Leaders with Companies Based in British Columbia

People are grouped by where their associated companies are headquartered.

RichGeo records 28 people for British Columbia by company headquarters. 3 have reported or estimated net worth of at least $1 billion.

28
People recorded
3
Net worth of $1B or more
$8.3B
Combined recorded net worth

Cities

Metro Vancouver Regional District 19Victoria 5Regional District of Central Okanagan 1Comox Valley Regional District 1Fraser Valley Regional District 1
Locations without recorded people
qathet Regional DistrictKoksilah

Billionaires and Business LeadersBy net worth

  1. 1Jim PattisonVancouver · Canadian businessman$4.8B
  2. 2Donald TrumpVancouver · President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)$2.5B
  3. 3Eric SprottVancouver · Canadian businessman$1B
  4. 4Jeff WardTech founderVictoria · technologist and founder of Animikii Indigenous Technology Inc.Undisclosed
  5. 5Victor Jacob BrodeurTech founderChilliwack · Canadian inventor and entrepreneur, founder of EMPHOS GroupUndisclosed
  6. 6Dennis PilarinosTech founderVancouver · Canadian technology entrepreneur, founder of Buddybuild and UnblockedUndisclosed
  7. 7Evgeny MedvedevTech founderVancouver · co-founder of Nansen.ai and AI ReFounderUndisclosed
  8. 8Vergel EvansTech founderuser experience designer and software developer, founder of Humanjava EnterprisesUndisclosed
  9. 9Roger HardyPublic company founderVancouver · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  10. 10Nolan WatsonPublic company founderVancouver · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  11. 11Jason PriemTech founderVancouver · American information scientistUndisclosed
  12. 12Heather PiwowarTech founderVancouver · bioinformatician and open data advocateUndisclosed
  13. 13Brian HillPublic company founderVancouver · Canadian entrepreneur (20th century)Undisclosed
  14. 14Pieter WuilleTech founderVictoria · Bitcoin Core developerUndisclosed
  15. 15Raphael van LieropTech founderVancouver · founder and creative director of Hinterland Studios Inc., a game development company from CanadaUndisclosed
  16. 16Adam BackTech founderVictoria · British cryptographerUndisclosed
  17. 17Maddy ThorsonTech founderVancouver · Canadian video game developerUndisclosed
  18. 18Gregory MaxwellTech founderVictoria · software developerUndisclosed
  19. 19Alex GardenTech founderVancouver · Canadian video game producerUndisclosed
  20. 20Lance PriebeTech founderKelownaUndisclosed
  21. 21Bill StewartTech founderVictoria · American software developerUndisclosed
  22. 22Chip WilsonPublic company founderVancouver · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  23. 23Craig DobbinPublic company founderRichmond · Canadian businessman (1935-2006)Undisclosed
  24. 24Jim TrelivingPublic company founderRichmond · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  25. 25Jason KapalkaTech founderComox · Canadian game developer and entrepreneurUndisclosed
  26. 26Rob McEwenPublic company founderVancouver · Canadian businessmanUndisclosed
  27. 27Robert FriedlandPublic company founderVancouver · Canadian-American businessmanUndisclosed
  28. 28Sam HouserTech founderVancouver · British video game producer and developer (born 1971)Undisclosed

Technology Sectors

Artificial Intelligence 3Internet and Software 17Web 1.0 and the Early Internet 5Web 2.0 and Internet Platforms 10Web3 and Blockchain 3

Leading IndustriesBy associated people

video game industry7
retail4
artificial intelligence3
information technology3
cryptocurrency3
mining3
software publishing2
customer service1
gold mining1
user experience design1
fashion1
intellectual property1

Companies Headquartered Here

  1. 1Euro Manganese1
  2. 2Goldcorp Inc.1
  3. 3Ivanhoe Mines1
  4. 4CHC Helicopter1
  5. 5Aritzia1
  6. 6clearly.ca1
  7. 7Lululemon Athletica1
  8. 8Sandstorm Gold1
  9. 9Turquoise Hill Resources1
  10. 10Boston Pizza1
  11. 11Blockstream3
  12. 12Unblocked2
  13. 13OurResearch2
  14. 14Blue Wizard Digital2
  15. 15Unnamed2
  16. 16Jim Pattison Group1
  17. 17Animikii, Inc.1
  18. 18EMPHOS Group1
  19. 19AI ReFounder1
  20. 20Buddybuild1
  21. 21Humanjava Enterprises Inc.1
  22. 22Relic Entertainment1
  23. 23Rockstar Vancouver1
  24. 24Unnamed1
  25. 25Hyper Hippo1
  26. 26Trump Oil Corporation1
  27. 27Software Dynamics1

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