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Michael Wekerle
Michael Wekerle is a Canadian merchant banker and television personality, best known as a "dragon" investor on the Canadian reality show ''Dragon's Den'' since its ninth season.〔("The rise and fall and rise of Michael Wekerle: A second act for Bay Street’s wild child" ). ''Canadian Business'', October 15, 2014.〕
==Business career==
Born in Toronto, Ontario,〔 Wekerle spent a year studying at York University before dropping out and taking a job at the Toronto Stock Exchange.〔 He subsequently joined First Marathon,〔 rising to become head trader for the firm.〔"Top trader ends First Marathon run: Michael Wekerle to become partner at Griffiths McBurney". ''The Globe and Mail'', August 31, 1995.〕 In this capacity, he was one of the key figures in Rogers Communications' takeover of Maclean-Hunter in 1994.〔("The Oracle of Bay Street: finance bad boy Michael Wekerle is back, and his new firm is already the talk of Toronto" ). ''Toronto Life'', October 16, 2013.〕
He left First Marathon in 1995 to join Griffiths McBurney and Partners.〔"Griffiths McBurney now a major stock market player". ''Hamilton Spectator'', August 9, 1996.〕 In his role with GMP, he was closely involved with the 1997 initial public offering of Research in Motion.〔〔("Dragons' Den banker Michael Wekerle buys BlackBerry real estate" ). CBC News, October 15, 2014.〕
Wekerle left Griffiths McBurney in 2011,〔"Wekerle exits GMP Capital; lauded as a trader without peers". ''The Globe and Mail'', August 25, 2011.〕 and launched his own merchant banking firm, Difference Capital, in 2012 to invest in technology startups.〔〔〔"TriNorth with a Difference". ''National Post'', April 10, 2012.〕 His investments through Difference Capital include the film and television studio Thunderbird Films,〔 the data analysis firm Appinions,〔 the medical technology firm BrainScope,〔 the social media management service HootSuite,〔("Wekerle Joins ‘Maple Syrup Mafia’ to Fund Tech" ). Bloomberg.com, December 4, 2014.〕 and the technology firm Vision Critical. 〔 In 2014, he announced the launch of a new business incubator in the Waterloo Region that would offer venture capital funding to new tech startups. He subsequently began buying high-tech commercial buildings in Waterloo, a number of which had previously been owned by BlackBerry.〔"$200-million venture capital fund coming to Waterloo". ''The Record'', April 17, 2014.〕
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