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Jim Pattison Group
Company typePrivate
IndustryMedia, automotive, packaging, food sales and distribution, magazine distribution, entertainment, export and financial industries
FoundedVancouver, British Columbia (1961)
HeadquartersVancouver, British Columbia
Key people
Jim Pattison, Chairman and CEO
ProductsMedia, Broadcasting, Grocery, Billboards
Revenue $6.7 Billion - 2008
OwnerJim Pattison
Number of employees
31,000 2008
WebsiteJim Pattison Official Homepage

The Jim Pattison Group is Canada’s third largest privately held company and, in a recent survey by the Financial Post, The Jim Pattison Group was ranked as Canada’s 62nd largest company. Jim Pattison, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur is the Chairman, President, CEO, and sole owner of the Jim Pattison Group. The Jim Pattison Group has more than 31,000 employees, and annual sales of $6.7 billion. With investments in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia, The Jim Pattison Group is involved in a wide variety of industries including TV and radio stations, car dealerships, grocery store chains, magazine distribution, food service specialty packaging, advertising, real estate development, fishing, forest products, financial services, and entertainment.

History

The Jim Pattison Group began on May 8, 1961 when Mr. Pattison purchased a General Motors automobile dealership by borrowing $40,000 from the Royal Bank of Canada, and placing his home and life insurance policy with the bank as collateral. Acquisitions in subsequent years included the following:

Divisions

Some of the more significant divisions of the Jim Pattison Group include:

Illuminated Signs

The Jim Pattison Food Group

The Jim Pattison Media Group

Television Stations

Radio Stations

Other media properties

  • Pattison Outdoor Advertising - the largest domestic Out-of-Home advertising company in Canada, with a 41% market share of all traditional out-of-home advertising displays

Periodical Distribution

Entertainment

Automotive Group

The Jim Pattison Packaging Group

  • Genpak- an independent supplier of disposable food service packaging in the US and Canada.
  • Coroplast - manufacturer and marketer of corrugated plastic sheet for the graphics and re-usable packaging industries
  • Montebello Packaging - manufacturer of collapsible aluminum and laminate tubes and ink markers

Export and Financial Services

  • Westshore Terminals - Canadian coal export facility and the largest dry bulk terminal on the West Coast of the Americas


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