COMPANY

Founded 1925 by Arthur J. Nesbitt and Peter A. T. Thompson.

Official Website:
http://www.powercorp.ca/

Industry:
Finance

Ticker:
TSE:POW

Corporate headquarters:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Sales:
$22.9B (2005)

Employees:
28,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
André Desmarais	Business	26-Oct-1956		Co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada
Paul G. Desmarais	Business	4-Jan-1927		CEO, Power Corporation of Canada, 1968-96
Paul G. Desmarais, Jr.	Business	3-Jul-1954		Co-CEO of Power Corporation of Canada
Paul Martin	Head of State	28-Aug-1938		21st Prime Minister of Canada
Maurice Strong	Activist	29-Apr-1929		Power executive, environmentalist

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
André Desmarais	Business	26-Oct-1956		Co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada
Paul G. Desmarais, Jr.	Business	3-Jul-1954		Co-CEO of Power Corporation of Canada
Paul J. Fribourg	Business	1954		CEO of ContiGroup

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Donald F. Mazankowski	Politician	27-Jul-1935		Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, 1986-93

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Bronfman	Business	27-Jun-1931		Fifth richest person in Canada
Paul G. Desmarais	Business	4-Jan-1927		CEO, Power Corporation of Canada, 1968-96
Edward N. Ney	Business	26-May-1925		CEO of Young & Rubicam, 1970-86

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Marie-Josée Kravis	Economist	11-Sep-1949		President of MoMA

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Helmut Schmidt	Head of State	23-Dec-1918		Chancellor of Germany, 1974-82
Pierre Trudeau	Head of State	18-Oct-1919	28-Sep-2000	Twice Prime Minister of Canada
Paul Volcker	Economist	5-Sep-1927		Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87

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