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The Jim Pattison Group is Canada’s 2nd largest privately held company〔(James Pattison takes crown as Canada’s richest as new information reveals David Thomson’s fortune smaller than thought ) December 2013〕 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 39,000 employees, and annual sales of $8.4 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, automotive 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: *1965 - Awarded license to operate Vancouver AM radio station CJOR *1967 - Acquired Neon Products (Vancouver) & Seaboard Outdoor Advertising *1968 - Acquired Overwaitea Foods (Vancouver) *1969 - Acquired Provincial News (Edmonton) * *Employees: 2,500 Sales: $100 million *1980 - Started Jim Pattison Real Estate Group * *Employees: 6,000 Sales: $500 million *Purchased Beautiful British Columbia Magazine *1984 - Acquired Canadian Fishing Company *1985 - Acquired Ripley's Believe It or Not! * *Employees: 6,000 Sales: $1 billion *1990 - Acquired the Foodservice Packaging Group * *Acquired the Flexible Packaging Group * *Acquired Coroplast and Montebello Packaging * *Employees: 10,000 Sales: $2 billion *1991 - Started Jim Pattison Trade Group * *Started Financial Services division *1994 - Acquired Westshore Terminals, a BC-based coal-export terminal facility * *Employees: 15,000 Sales: $3 billion *1995 - Acquired Buy-Low Foods *1997 - Started Select Media Services * *Opened Ripley's Aquarium, Myrtle Beach, SC *1999 - Acquired Cooper's Foods * *Employees: 20,000 Sales: $4.4 billion *2000 - Opened Ripley's Aquarium of The Smokies, Gatlinburg, TN * *Employees: 22,000 Sales: $4.6 billion *2001 - Acquired Monarch Broadcasting * *Acquired Van-Whole Produce * *Employees: 24,000 Sales: $5 billion *2002 - Started ProLogix Distribution Services and AccuLogix Distribution Services * *Acquired Ever Corp. * *Employees: 25,000 Sales: $5.2 billion *2003 - Acquired LIN PAC Inc. * *Employees: 26,000 Sales: $5.5 billion *2004 - Acquired Classic Attractions (Texas) * *Acquired St. Augustine Sightseeing Trains (Florida) * *Acquired Maltese Signs (Norcross, GA) * *Acquired auto lease business of Cross-Canada Car Leasing Limited (Toronto, ON) * *Acquired periodical distribution companies in San Jose and Chico, CA * *Employees: 27,000 Sales: $5.7 billion *2005 - Acquired control of Icicle Seafoods (BC.) Inc. * *Acquired Freeway Dodge Chrysler * *Acquired Spartech Corporation’s corrugated plastic sheet business * *Started the Vancouver edition of ''24 Hours'' (in partnership with Quebecor Media) * *Formed or purchased interests in several US and Canadian joint ventures in the periodical industry * *Employees: 28,000 Sales: $6.1 billion *2006 - Acquired Carthage Cup, Carthage, TX * *Acquired Creative Outdoor Ads, Halifax, Nova Scotia * *Acquired Island Radio Ltd.'s six FM stations on Vancouver Island * *Acquired OK Radio Group Ltd.'s two FM stations in Victoria, BC * *Acquired A&W Fixtures, Cocoa, Florida * *Started Great Pacific Bank Limited, Warrens, Barbados *2007 - Disposed of interest in the Vancouver ''24 Hours'' *2008 - Acquired Guinness World Records from HIT Entertainment *2010 - Acquired Amc Billboard Co *2011 - Acquired Ocean Brands October 29, 2013, Mr. Pattison became an insider of the Just Energy Group Inc. (http://www.justenergy.com/about-us/just-energy-group™/), a publicly traded corporation on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange, by taking possession of more than 14 million shares (over 10% of the company's shares outstanding).〔http://canadianinsider.com/node/7?menu_tickersearch=Just+Energy+Group+Inc.+%7C+JE〕 *2014 * Purchased 5 John Deere Dealerships in Saskatchewan. *2015 - Employees: 39,000 Sales: $8.2 billion 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「Jim Pattison Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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