David Thomson & family

Chairman, Thomson Reuters Corporation
$71.6B
$511.5M (-0.7%)
as of 10/03/24

About David Thomson & family

David Thomson and his family control a media and publishing empire founded by his grandfather Roy Thomson.

The family's biggest holding: more than 310 million shares of Thomson Reuters, where Thomson serves as chairman.

In 2018, Thomson Reuters announced it was selling a controlling stake in Refinitiv, a financial data provider, to Blackstone for $17 billion.

The family also holds a stake in telecom giant Bell Canada and own the Toronto-based Globe and Mail newspaper.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Canada

Source of wealth

Media

Residence

Toronto, Canada

Marital status

Divorced

Birth date

06/12/57 (age 67)

Number of children

4

Education

Master of Arts, University of Cambridge

Self-made

inherited and growing

David Thomson & family’s fortune is worth

1M

troy ounces of gold

1M

median U.S. household

716K

median U.S. income

1.432%

U.S. credit card volume

0.286%

GDP of the United States

0.211%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

He is a part owner of the NHL's Winnipeg Jets, and his family's holding company has a minority stake in the Montreal Canadiens.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

TORONTO | BCE-CA

BCE Inc.

NYSE | TRI-US

Thomson Reuters Corporation (USA)

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