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2017., Adult, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Call No: Bio B869d Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Charles Bronfman's thoughts on his life, family, career and his significant accomplishments in sport and philanthropy. Key events in the life of the heir to one of Canada's great fortunes. Born in 1931 to the fabulously wealthy Bronfmans, Charles grew up in a 20-room mansion with many staff. Via their control of the distilling giant Seagram, the Bronfman family dominated the liquor business with brands such as Crown Royal, V.O. and Chivas Regal. By the 1990s, the family's wealth was in the billions, culminating in the $35-billion sale of Seagram to France's Vivendi, which turned into a financial and family disaster. Charles reflects on his relationship with his parents, his brother Edgar, working in the family business, landing Canada's first big league baseball franchise (the Montreal Expos), promoting Canadian identity through Heritage Minutes and supporting Israel through countless innovative initiatives including Birthright Israel - and to how the Bronfman family splintered over the sale of Seagram.
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2014., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: Bio C967e Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Expect Miracles is the personal and professional story of a leader in the worlds of business and culture. David Culver narrates his journey from his upbringing in Montreal's Golden Square Mile, through his studies at McGill and Harvard, his army service during the Second World War, to his impressive rise at Alcan to become chairman and chief executive officer of one of Canada's leading multinational corporations. The memoir provides an inside look into the management of a global company with roots deeply planted in Quebec and offers pragmatic advice on how to grow talent, foster technology, and handle adversity in a far-flung organization. Anecdotes of meeting the likes of Margaret Thatcher, Henry Kissinger, and Jawaharlal Nehru, reveal the experiences of a strong corporate leader who continued to live a Montreal life, while never losing his interest in discovering the world. A man of many interests and talents, Culver reflects on his long love affair with architecture - and his efforts to restore and preserve Montreal's heritage by creating Maison Alcan - and how music and sport helped shape his life. Expect Miracles is evidence of Culver's positive outlook and belief that the most extraordinary things can happen when you least expect them.
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2013., Adult, Collins Call No: Bio T595t Edition: 1st Canadian ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Recognized as a top CEO by Profit, Canadian Business, Forbes and others, Poon Tip is an advisor to the United Nations and a sought-after speaker whose unconventional management practices have helped him build an adventure travel company with $200 million in revenue and consistent and unprecedented growth for over two decades.Looptail is the story of Poon Tipœs journey from humble beginnings as a rebellious misfit kid with entrepreneurial ambitions to his place as a world-renowned business leader who believes in the importance of good karma, freedom, happiness and making meaningful connections.Looptail shares lessons and stories about branding, management, disruption and other key topics through a colourful first-person narrative of Poon Tipœs own experiences and the key turning points in G Adventuresœ evolution into a global brand.
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2008., Penguin Canada Call No: Bio B386r Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary Canadians
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1983., Doubleday Canada ; Doubleday Call No: CLBio W897m Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2007., Published for the Macdonald-Stewart Foundation by McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: SC Bio M1354f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
