Paul Desmarais III

Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Honoree
2017

Senior Vice President
Power Corporation of Canada

Paul is Senior Vice President of Power Corporation and Power Financial. Before joining Power in May 2014, he was Assistant Vice President at Great-West Lifeco, and he previously worked in project management and corporate strategy at Imerys in France. Paul began his career with Goldman Sachs in the US. He is a director of Great-West Life, Investors Group, Mackenzie, Pargesa, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, Personal Capital and IntegraMed. He is Executive Chairman of Sagard Capital, Executive Chairman of Portag3, Chairman of Wealthsimple, Chairman Peak Achievement Athletics (formerly PSG), and Vice-Chairman of Imerys. Paul is the Founder and Honorary Chairman of Young Canadians in Finance. He served as Co- Chair of the True Patriot Love 2014 Arctic Expedition to the Magnetic North Pole. Paul is also the private sector campaign Chair of the Kenojuak Cultural Centre and Print Shop. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of The Next 36 and IVADO.

2017 Honorees

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