Past Recipients
Albert D. Cohen
1984
Chairman & CEO
Gendis Inc.
Winnipeg, Canada
Paul Desmarais
1985
Chairman & CEO
Power Corporation
Montreal, Canada
Jim Pattison
1986
Managing Director & CEO Pattison Group of Companies
Vancouver, Canada
Akio Morita
1987
Honourary Chairman
& Co-Founder
Sony Corporation
Tokyo, Japan
Ross Perot
1988
Chairman & CEO
The Ross Perot Group
Dallas, Texas, USA
Sir John Egan
1989
Former Chairman & CEO Jaguar PLC
London, England
Ronald Southern
1990
Chairman, President & CEO of ATCO Ltd., Chairman
Canadian Utilities Limited
Calgary, Canada
Thomas J. Bata
1991
Chairman
Bata Limited
Toronto, Canada
George A. Cohon
1992
Former Chairman, President & CEO McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Limited
Toronto, Canada
Dwayne O. Andreas
1993
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Archer Daniels Midland Company
Decatur, Illinois, USA
Roberto C. Goizueta
1994
Chairman of the Board & CEO
The Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Richard Branson
1995
Founder & Chairman
Virgin Group of Companies
London, England
W. Galen Weston
1996
Chairman & President George Weston Limited Toronto, Canada
Israel Asper
1997
Chairman & CEO
CanWest Global Communications Corp.
Winnipeg, Canada
Laurent Beaudoin
1998
Chairman & CEO Bombardier Inc.
Montreal, Canada
Isadore Sharp
1999
Chairman & CEO
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Toronto, Canada
Li Ka-shing
2000
Chairman
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, and Hutchison Whampoa Limited
Hong Kong
Edward Rogers, O.C.
2001
Chairman & CEO
Rogers Communications Inc.
Toronto, Canada
Martha Stewart
2002
Chairman & CEO
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.
New York, NY, USA
Heather Reisman & Gerald W. Schwartz
2003
President & CEO
Indigo Books and Music Inc.
Chairman & CEO
Onex Corporation
Toronto, Canada
Howard Schultz
2004
Chairman & Chief Global Strategist
Starbucks Coffee Company
Seattle, Washington, USA
Stephen A. Jarislowsky
2005
Chairman & CEO Jarislowsky Fraser & Company Ltd.
Montreal, Canada
Dame Anita Roddick
2006
Founder
The Body Shop
London, England
Dominic D'Alessandro
2007
President & CEO
Manulife Financial
Toronto, Canada
Peter Munk
2008
Founder & Chairman, Barrick Gold Corporation
Canada
Jim Balsillie
2009
Co-CEO
Research In Motion
Waterloo, Canada
N. Murray Edwards
2010
President
Edco Financial Holdings Ltd.
Calgary, Canada
Jim Sinegal
2011
CEO & Co-Founder Costco Wholesale Corporation
Issaquah, USA
Stu Clark
2012
Philanthropist &
Entrepreneur
Calgary, Canada
Chip Wilson
2013
Founder & Chairman Lululemon Athletica Inc. Vancouver, Canada
Linda Hasenfratz
2014
CEO
Linamar Corporation
Guelph, Canada
David Thomson
2015
Co-Chairman
The Woodbridge Company
Toronto, Canada
V. Prem Watsa
2016
Chairman & CEO
Fairfax Financial Holdings
Toronto, Canada
David Foster
2017
Chairman & Founder David Foster Foundation
Los Angeles, USA
Arianna Huffington
2018
CEO & Founder
Thrive Global,
Founder
The Huffington Post
New York, USA
Hartley Richardson
2019
President & CEO
James Richardson & Sons, Ltd.
Winnipeg, Canada
Ernest Rady
2021
Founder, President & CEO
American Assets Trust
Winnipeg, Canada
Indra Nooyi
2022
Chairperson & CEO
PepsiCo
Greenwich, USA
Anthony von Mandl
2023
Founder, Owner & CEO
The Mark Anthony Group of Companies
Vancouver, Canada
Gerry Price
2024
Chairman & CEO
Price Industries Ltd.
Winnipeg, Canada