David Thomson & family

Chairman, Thomson Reuters Corporation
$10.02B
$76.9M (0.8%)
as of 03/17/25

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

167K

troy ounces of gold

154K

median U.S. household

100K

median U.S. income

0.2%

U.S. credit card volume

0.04%

GDP of the United States

0.029%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Thomson has a diverse art portfolio reported to include pieces from Pablo Picasso and the world's top collection of English romantic painter John Constable.

Net worth over time

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Financial assets

TORONTO | BCE-CA

BCE Inc.

NASDAQ | TRI-US

Thomson Reuters Corporation (USA)

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