#230 Billionaire
Jim Pattison
$11.7B
$-20M
(-0.2%)
CA
· Age 97
Source of wealth: Diversified
Industry: diversified
Organization: Jim Pattison Group, Founder, Chairman and CEO
Residence: Vancouver, CA
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"bio": [
"Jim Pattison oversees a sprawling group that operates 20 divisions including packaging, food and entertainment.",
"Pattison's first business was a GM dealership he bought in 1961.",
"The Canadian billionaire also controls more than 50% of publicly-traded forest products company Canfor.",
"His entertainment division includes Guinness World Records, the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! chain and Great Wolf Lodge's Canadian franchise rights."
],
"about": [
"Pattison bought Frank Sinatra's Palm Springs home four years before the virtuoso died and kept it the way Sinatra had designed and decorated.",
"Despite his age, Pattison still goes to work every day, including the weekends."
]
}
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