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Cofounder, chairman, president, and chief executive officer, Onex Corporation

Nationality: Canadian.

Born: November 24, 1941, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Education: University of Manitoba, BC, 1962; University of Manitoba, LLB, 1966; Harvard University, MBA, 1970.

Family: Son of Andrew and Lillian (Leith) Schwartz; married Heather Reisman (chief executive officer of Indigo Books & Music), May 15, 1982; children: four.

Career: Estabrook & Company, 1970–1973, vice president; Bear Stearns & Company, 1973–1977, vice president; CanWest Capital (later CanWest Global Communications), 1977–1984,...