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David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet (born 12 June 1957) is a Canadian media magnate. He is the son of the late Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet and his siblings are Taylor Thomson and Peter Thomson. He became the chairman of Thomson Corporation in 2006 at the death of his father and after the acquisition of Reuters, became the chairman of the merged entity, Thomson Reuters in 2008. He currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Forbes )〕 Thomson attended Upper Canada College and received a BA (subsequently upgraded to an MA) in history from Selwyn College in the University of Cambridge in 1978. As of October 2012, Thomson is listed as one of the wealthiest people in the world with an estimated net worth of 22.2 billion.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=December 3, 2012 )〕 With an estimated net worth of around $23.0 billion Cdn as of 2010, Thomson and his family are the richest in Canada and 22nd richest in the world according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.〔 Previously, Thomson was listed as the 17th richest in the world by Forbes.〔 $37 billion as of November 2015. ==Business career== Thomson has worked a number of positions in companies controlled by his family. He was manager of The Bay store at Cloverdale Mall in Etobicoke, and President of Zellers. He founded the real estate firm Osmington Incorporated, owned and operated outside of the Thomson empire. Osmington is a partner in True North Sports and Entertainment, owners of the National Hockey League's Winnipeg Jets and the MTS Centre in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba.〔(True North buys Thrashers, set to move team to Winnipeg ). Tsn.ca. Retrieved on 2013-08-17.〕 According to a plan devised decades ago by Thomson Corporation founder Roy Thomson, when Kenneth Thomson died (June 2006), control of the family fortune passed on to David.〔()"In Canada, the Torch is Passed on a Quiet but Profitable Legacy," by Ian Austen, The New York Times (Business Day section) p. C1, July 3, 2006; accessed on July 3, 2006.〕 "David, my grandson, will have to take his part in the running of the Organisation and David's son, too," Roy wrote in his 1975 autobiography. "With the fortune that we will leave to them go also responsibilities. These Thomson boys that come after Ken are not going to be able, even if they want to, to shrug off these responsibilities."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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