Arlene Dickinson is one of Canada's most renowned independent
marketing communications entrepreneurs.
After becoming a partner in Venture Communications in 1988,
she became sole owner in 1998.Her accomplishments,
vision and leadership have been recognized with a number of honours and awards. They include: PROFIT and Chatelaine magazine's TOP 100 Women Business, Global Television
Woman of Vision; and Canada's Most Powerful Women Top 100.
W.Brett Wilson is a gutsy negotiator with a surprising eye for detail, this big city player with small town charm helped turn a maverick startup into the energy industry's leading investment bank, brokering thousands of financing and M&A deals worth over $225 billion. After being told by his first employer that he wasn't management material, Brett proved the doubters wrong, and translated his instincts for investing in the right people into major stakes in the energy, agriculture, real estate, sports and entertainment industries
Jim Treliving has been a successful Canadian entrepreneur and investor for over 40 years.Hailing from the small town of Virden, Manitoba, Jim was a young RCMP officer in 1966 when he walked into "Boston Pizza and Spaghetti House" in Edmonton and saw big dough in his future. Jim serves as chairman of both Global Entertainment Corporation and the Boston Pizza Foundation, which has raised $10 million for various Canadian charities since 1990.
Kevin O'LearyHe's opinionated, he's ruthless, he hungers for big deals and loves to take control yet he made his millions helping children learn how to read.Kevin's success story starts where most entrepreneurs begin: with a big idea and zero cash. From his basement, he launched SoftKey Software Products. As sales took off, Kevin moved to headquarters in Cambridge Massachusetts and went on an industry consolidating acquisition binge.
Robert Herjavec has lived the classic "rags to riches" story. The son of Croatian immigrants, he earned his incredible wealth by overcoming the odds with pure hard work and intuition. In the early 90's, Robert eked out a living waiting tables at a posh Yorkville restaurant. During the initial stages of the dot com craze, he realized that technology was the ticket to serious money. By night, he launched BRAK systems, his first technology company. BRAK soon became Canada's top provider of Internet security software worth a reported $100-hundred million dollars.
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