Andrew Wilkinson: Tall tales of the Tiny tycoon
An empire builder and weaver of webs. A "self-made" "billionaire". We add some context to his book Never Enough and address his net worth.
12 min read
Moguls
33 postsMiles Nadal renounces material possessions
Some major news from Miles Nadal - the thinking man's car guy.
4 min read
Bill Holland’s unshakeable faith in CI Financial
Bill Holland keeps buying shares of his CI Financial - relentless buying in meaningful 6 or 7 figure chunks for
2 min read
Heather Reisman, Gerry Schwartz and Indigo
Musings on the Indigo situation and people involved.
5 min read
Moray Tawse: A billionaire straight outta Rexdale
The lesser-known co-founder of mortgage lender First National.
3 min read
The apprenticeship of Miles Nadal: a capital allocator's journey
Miles Nadal has been transitioning from a marketing guy to financier for decades.
6 min read
Ira Gluskin is still around, believe it or not
It’s 2023 and Ira Gluskin is still around. Can you believe it?
5 min read
Miles Nadal is now a shoe collector and capital allocator
An update on Miles Nadal of Peerage Capital and Peerage Realty and previously, MDC Partners.
8 min read
The Oracle of Ancaster - Doug Putman of Putman Investments
The Globe recently outed a retail turnaround artist and empire builder. He is largely unknown to Bay Street, so I put together his basic info here.
3 min read
Stephen Smith of First National: from bankrupt at 34 to billionaire
How Stephen Smith built a financial services conglomerate from the ashes of ruin.
5 min read
I am outing two mortgage billionaires: Stephen Smith and Moray Tawse of First National
Canada's first fintech billionaires - thirty years in the making.
4 min read