LC control no. | no 98088796 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Desmarais, Paul, 1927-2013 |
Birth date | 19270104 |
Death date | 20131008 |
Place of birth | Sudbury (Ont.) |
Place of death | Charlevoix Region (Québec) |
Affiliation | Power Corporation of Canada |
Profession or occupation | Businessman |
Found in | Rising 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) |