Who rules the boardrooms—and backrooms—of Canadian business? We present the second annual Canadian Business Power 50 ranking of the rainmakers, string-pullers and master manipulators who truly make things happen in this country.
Canada’s Top 10 Most Powerful Business People »
Featured power brokers:
#1 John Ruffolo
CEO, OMERS Ventures
The pension fund-backed VC is building the next generation of Canadian tech stars
#22 Bruce Heyman
U.S. Ambassador to Canada
The new ambassador has an aggressive trade agenda and no time for platitudes
#25 Ann Cavoukian
Executive Director, Ryerson University Institute for Privacy and Big Data
The former Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner has the ear of GE, Intel and more
#38 Shane Smith
Cofounder and CEO, Vice Media
The chief badass of Vice is showing Rupert Murdoch how to do news in the 21st century
#50 Bruce Kuwabara
Founding Partner, KPMB Architects
The cofounder of Canada’s hottest architecture firm is exporting Canadian design to head offices around the world
How Canada’s Most Powerful People are connected
The universities, charities and think tanks that tie the Power 50 together
Powerful people have powerful friends. Canada’s Most Powerful Business People can draw on a network of institutions and informal backchannels to make things happen. Here are a few of those connections.
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