Barry F. Lorenzetti – founder of BFL Canada, the nation’s largest independent insurance broker Peter Kerr April 3, 2021 1962 From a modest beginning growing up in Montreal’s Ville Emard district, Barry Lorenzetti has built BFL Canada into a $1.5 billion dollar insurance brokerage with twenty-one offices across Canada and internationa...
Marc Parent – business leader, philanthropist and innovator Tara Simonetta Mann August 3, 2020 2697 Marc Parent values Montreal for what it is and for what it can offer the world By Tara Simonetta-Mann “This city is a hub for aviation and AI,” he says. “We have world-class universities and health care. Th...
Marc Gold and Nancy Cummings-Gold share their love of family, community, a desire to help others …and music Peter Kerr July 15, 2020 2195 Music has played an important role in the lives of Marc Gold and Nancy Cummings-Gold. It was a shared love of music that brought them together as young adults. Now they share their love of their city, province ...
Mitch Garber – successful entrepreneur, philanthropist, and passionate Montrealer Peter Kerr February 19, 2020 4022 “I love my family, I love sports and I love business!” This statement at the beginning of our conversation is an accurate self-description of Mitch Garber. He has a tremendous amount of energy that fuels his fo...
Vincenzo Guzzo – Mr. Sunshine brings his no-nonsense business acumen to Dragon’s Den Peter Kerr November 19, 2019 3396 Vincenzo Guzzo started working in his father’s movie theatre when he was a child, doing everything from sweeping the floors to selling tickets. After school, he would go to Angelo Guzzo’s movie theatre and comp...
Stephen Jarislowsky – successful entrepreneur and Renaissance man Peter Kerr January 6, 2018 5697 Stephen Jarislowsky One of the Canada’s foremost entrepreneurs and philanthropists “When I went to university in 1946, it was the first time in my life that I began to make decisions for myself; after at...
John Rae, the super hospital’s quiet philanthropist Tracey Arial May 26, 2017 4964 John Rae Which Montreal powerbroker convinced private investors to donate massively to the MUHC super hospital through years of political turmoil, fraudulent leadership and the pullout of key players? John ...
Philippe III and Nannette de Gaspé Beaubien Tracey Arial April 18, 2017 21952 Spearheading four generations to secure Quebec’s place on the global stage How do you put your mark on a family business without diminishing the role and expertise of your parents and siblings, while also maki...
The Hornsteins created an enduring legacy in arts philanthropy Tracey Arial March 15, 2017 3533 The donation of European art to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts by Michal and Renata Hornstein ranks among the greatest benefactions of art in the history of Canada. When two Polish Holocaust survivors arrive...
Lorne Trottier’s Ever-Expanding Universe Tracey Arial March 3, 2017 6496 If there’s anyone who knows how to use the study of science for the benefit of humans, it’s Lorne Trottier Trottier has taken a passion in electro-magnetic technology he discovered at 11 years old and turned i...
