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Christopher Ondaatje
Sir Philip Christopher Ondaatje , OC, CBE (born 22 February 1933) is a Sri Lankan born Canadian-English businessman, philanthropist, adventurer, writer and bob-sledding Olympian for Canada. Ondaatje is the older brother of author Michael Ondaatje and lives either in Chester, Nova Scotia, or the United Kingdom.
==Overview==
Born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to a Burgher family of Dutch and Indian origin, Ondaatje went to Blundell's School in the United Kingdom. His name comes from an Indian ancestor called Ondaatchi from Thanjavur, South India.〔http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen7000.html〕 After his alcoholic father lost the family fortune, Ondaatje had to leave school a year from graduation. In 1956, Ondaatje emigrated to Canada, arriving in Toronto with virtually no money. He quickly began to rebuild the family fortune, becoming a wealthy stockbroker, going on to be one of the three founding members of Loewen Ondaatje McCutcheon. He became a multi-millionaire in the publishing industry by founding the Pagurian Press, which he later sold to the Bronfman family.
He represented Canada in the four-man bobsled at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Although the first Canadian men's team won gold in the event, Ondaatje's team finished 14th out of 18 competitors.〔http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CAN/winter/1964/BOB/〕
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