Jump to content

Curwin Friesen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by InternetArchiveBot (talk | contribs) at 18:44, 3 December 2016 (Rescuing 2 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v1.2.7.1)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Curwin Friesen is President and Chief Executive Officer of Friesens Corporation, Canada's largest printer of hardcover books.

Background

Friesen was raised in Altona, Manitoba. He received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Waterloo in 1993. In 2007, he was named one of Waterloo's 50 Outstanding alumni of the past fifty years.[1]

Friesens Corporation

While under his direction, the company has received multiple awards, including the National Association for Printing Leadership's highest management award[2] and being listed as of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies by Deloitte and Touche.[3]

In 2004, he was listed as one of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40", a list of prominent businesspeople under forty years old, by the Globe and Mail and Caldwell Partners.[1][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "UW 50th Anniversary Alumni Award Recipient". Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  2. ^ "Management Plus Awards Winners 2004". Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2008-08-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "2007 Requalified members". Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  4. ^ "2004 Recipients". Archived from the original on 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2008-08-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)