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Desmarais, Paul, 1927-2013

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Personal name headingDesmarais, Paul, 1927-2013
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Birth date19270104
Death date20131008
Place of birthSudbury (Ont.)
Place of deathCharlevoix Region (Québec)
AffiliationPower Corporation of Canada
Profession or occupationBusinessman
Found inRising to power, 1987: t.p. (Paul Desmarais) p. 1, etc.(businessman; b. Jan. 4, 1927 in Sudbury, Canada)
New York times (online), viewed Oct. 17, 2013 (in obituary published Oct. 9: Paul Desmarais; b. Jan. 4, 1927; d. Tuesday [Oct. 8, 2013], at his country estate in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, aged 86; transformed a bankrupt bus line in a Canadian mining center into an international conglomerate with $527 billion in assets and, in the process, became one of his country's most powerful businessmen; his primary corporate vehicle was the Power Corporation of Canada)