Awards & Recognition
★Canada's Entrepreneur of the Year (1998)
★Canada's CEO of the Year by Canadian Business Magazine (2001)
★Member of the Order of Canada (2019)
★International Horatio Alger Award (2019)
★Canadian Business Hall of Fame (2024)
★Honorary Doctorate from York University (2011)
★Honorary Doctorate from University of Ottawa (2014)
Notable Facts
→Billionaire businessman controlling Colliers International ($5B+ market cap) and FirstService Corporation
→Strategic investor in major construction/architecture firms Foster + Partners and Gardiner & Theobald
→Started from $1,000 loan at age 17 to build business empire
→Major philanthropist with $96M+ in donations including $50M to Royal Ontario Museum
→Has Wikipedia page and extensive public profile