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Gilles Ste-Croix - Gilles Ste-Croix co-founded Cirque du Soleil.

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Charles-Émile Trudeau - Charles-Émile Trudeau, Pierre Trudeau's father, built a gas station empire around Montreal.

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Jim Treliving - Jim Treliving made Boston Pizza and MR Lube successful before becoming a Dragon on 'Dragon's Den'.

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Stewart Butterfield - Stewart Butterfield founded Flickr and Slack.

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Joseph-Armand Bombardier - Joseph-Armand Bombardier founded Canada's most global company, which makes trains, planes, and snowmobiles.

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Dani Reiss - Dani Reiss founded the wildly popular Canada Goose jacket brand.

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Robert Herjavec - Robert Herjavec was a film producer and founded and sold several software companies prior to starring on 'Dragon's Den' and 'Shark Tank'.

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Manjit Minhas - Manjit Minhas founded Minhas Breweries prior to becoming a Dragon on 'Dragon's Den'.

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Jayson Gaignard - Jayson Gaignard founded the business leader speaker's series, MastermindTalks. 

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Hassan Khosrowshahi - Hassan Khosrowshahi founded Future Shop before selling it to Best Buy.

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Bruce Croxon - Bruce Croxon founded Lavalife before becoming a Dragon on "Dragon's Den'. 

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Jesse Brown - Jesse Brown founded the most famous podcast north of the border, 'CANADALAND'.

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Rahul Bhatia - Rahul Bhatia founded low-cost airline IndiGo Airlines, which flies out of India.

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Li Ka-shing - Li Ka-shing is the world's leading investor in ports.

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Galen Weston - Galen Weston founded the company that owns Shoppers Drug Mart, Loblaws, and President's Choice.

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Mark Carney - Mark Carney maneuvered from Goldman Sachs to become the Bank of Canada commissioner before becoming the first non-British person to head the Bank of England.

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Daryl Katz - Daryl Katz owns the Edmonton Oilers and owns a major investment company.

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Eugene Melnyk - Eugene Melnyk owns the Ottawa Senators and founded the pharmaceutical company Biovail.

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Jim Pattison - The Jim Pattison Group owns car dealerships, grocery stores, Ripley's Believe It Or Not!, and helped bring the Vancouver Olympics to fruition.

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Frank Stronach - Frank Stronach founded the car parts giant Magna.

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Peter Munk - Peter Munk founded the mining mammoth Barrick.

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Brett Wilson - Brett Wilson is an investment banker who owns the Nashville Predators and was a Dragon on 'Dragon's Den'.

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Tim Uppal - Tim Uppal was a radio producer and founded the South Edmonton Youth Group before becoming Minister of Democratic Reform.

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Heather Reisman - Heather Reisman founded Indigo Books and Music, which later took over Chapters.

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John Redpath - John Redpath founded Redpath Sugar in 1854. 

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Pierre Péladeau - Pierre Péladeau co-founded one of the biggest media companies in Canada, Quebecor.

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John Molson - John Molson founded the Molson beer company in 1816.

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Joseph Tsai - Joseph Tsai is the co-founder and executive vice-chairman of AliBaba.

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Jeffery Skoll - Jeffery Skoll was the first president of eBay and founded Participant Media.

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Chip Wilson - Chip Wilson is the founder of the global athletic fashion brand Lululemon.

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Ed Mirvish - Ed Mirvish founded a number of Toronto landmarks including the now flattened Honest Ed's and Mirvish Village, as well as Mirvish Theatre.

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Jean Coutu - Jean Coutu founded Quebec's biggest pharmacy chain, called Jean Coutu.

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Mandy Rennehan - Mandy Rennehan is the CEO of FreshCo.

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