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Power Corporation of Canada

COMPANY

Founded 1925 by Arthur J. Nesbitt and Peter A. T. Thompson.

Official Website:
http://www.powercorp.ca/

Industry:
Finance

Ticker:
TSE:POW

Corporate headquarters:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Sales:
$22.9B (2005)

Employees:
28,000

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
André Desmarais
Business
26-Oct-1956   Co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada
Paul G. Desmarais
Business
4-Jan-1927   CEO, Power Corporation of Canada, 1968-96
Paul G. Desmarais, Jr.
Business
3-Jul-1954   Co-CEO of Power Corporation of Canada
Paul Martin
Head of State
28-Aug-1938   21st Prime Minister of Canada
Maurice Strong
Activist
29-Apr-1929   Power executive, environmentalist

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
André Desmarais
Business
26-Oct-1956   Co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada
Paul G. Desmarais, Jr.
Business
3-Jul-1954   Co-CEO of Power Corporation of Canada
Paul J. Fribourg
Business
1954   CEO of ContiGroup

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Donald F. Mazankowski
Politician
27-Jul-1935   Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, 1986-93

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Bronfman
Business
27-Jun-1931   Fifth richest person in Canada
Paul G. Desmarais
Business
4-Jan-1927   CEO, Power Corporation of Canada, 1968-96
Edward N. Ney
Business
26-May-1925   CEO of Young & Rubicam, 1970-86

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Marie-Josée Kravis
Economist
11-Sep-1949   President of MoMA

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Helmut Schmidt
Head of State
23-Dec-1918   Chancellor of Germany, 1974-82
Pierre Trudeau
Head of State
18-Oct-1919 28-Sep-2000 Twice Prime Minister of Canada
Paul Volcker
Economist
5-Sep-1927   Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87




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