Jim Pattison Group

Jim Pattison Group
Private
Industry Media, automotive, packaging, food sales and distribution, magazine distribution, entertainment, export and financial industries
Founded Vancouver, British Columbia (1961)
Headquarters Vancouver, British Columbia
Key people
 Jim Pattison, Chairman and CEO
Glen Clark, President
Products Media, Broadcasting, Grocery, Billboards
Revenue $8.4 Billion - 2015
Owner Jim Pattison
Number of employees
 39,000 - 2015
Website Jim Pattison Official Homepage

The Jim Pattison Group is Canada’s largest privately held company[1] and, in a recent survey by the Financial Post, The Jim Pattison Group was ranked as Canada’s 62nd largest company. Jim Pattison, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur is the Chairman, President, CEO, and sole owner of the Jim Pattison Group. The Jim Pattison Group has more than 39,000 employees, and annual sales of $8.4 billion. With investments in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia, The Jim Pattison Group is involved in a wide variety of industries including TV and radio stations, automotive dealerships, grocery store chains, magazine distribution, food service specialty packaging, advertising, real estate development, fishing, forest products, financial services, and entertainment.

History

The Jim Pattison Group began on May 8, 1961 when Pattison purchased a General Motors automobile dealership by borrowing $40,000 from the Royal Bank of Canada, and placing his home and life insurance policy with the bank as collateral. Acquisitions in subsequent years included the following:

October 29, 2013, Pattison became an insider of the Just Energy Group Inc. (http://www.justenergy.com/about-us/just-energy-group™/), a publicly traded corporation on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange, by taking possession of more than 14 million shares (over 10% of the company's shares outstanding).[2]

Divisions

Some of the more significant divisions of the Jim Pattison Group include:

Illuminated Signs

The Jim Pattison Food Group

The Jim Pattison Media Group

Television Stations

Radio Stations

Other media properties

Periodical Distribution

Entertainment

Automotive Group

The Jim Pattison Auto Group

Dealerships
Bodyshops

Jim Pattison Lease

The Jim Pattison Packaging Group

Export and Financial Services

References

  1. ↑ James Pattison takes crown as Canada’s richest as new information reveals David Thomson’s fortune smaller than thought December 2013
  2. ↑ http://canadianinsider.com/node/7?menu_tickersearch=Just+Energy+Group+Inc.+%7C+JE
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