The list, published annually, sets the 80-year-old Saputo’s wealth at $5.6 billion, well ahead of the next Quebecer on the list, Couche-Tard founder Alain Bouchard ($3.3 billion). Other Quebecers who made the grade include media mogul and former Parti Québécois leader Pierre Karl Péladeau ($1 billion), Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté ($1.4 billion) and drugstore chain founder Jean Coutu ($1.9 billion).
But while Saputo may be top of the list when it comes to Quebec billionaires, he sits about 200 places down from Globe and Mail owner David Thomson, who occupies Position 24 on the worldwide list with a posted fortune of $27.2 billion, making him Canada’s wealthiest billionaire.
Once again, Microsoft founder Bill Gates topped the list of the world’s wealthiest, his computer tech empire providing him with a fortune listed at $86 billion.
Source: MontrealGazette
Link: http://montrealgazette.com/business/local-business/cheese-tycoon-lino-saputo-is-quebecs-wealthiest-billionaire
