Gerald Schwartz
$1.63B
$20.9M (1.3%)
as of 09/03/26
About Gerald Schwartz
Gerald Schwartz is the founder and chairman of Onex, one of Canada's largest private equity firms, which he ran for 39 years before stepping down in May 2023.
He got his start working with buyout legends Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis and George Roberts at Bear Stearns in the 1970s.
The Americans left to start KKR in 1976; Schwartz went home to Canada and cofounded the media company CanWest in 1977.
In 1984 he started Onex, which now has $50 billion in assets under management and offices in London, Toronto and the U.S.
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Citizenship
CanadaSource of wealth
FinanceResidence
Toronto, CanadaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
11/24/41 (age 84)Number of children
4Education
Master of Business Administration, Harvard UniversitySelf-made
self-madeGerald Schwartz’s fortune is worth
27K
troy ounces of gold
25K
median U.S. household
16K
median U.S. income
0.033%
U.S. credit card volume
0.007%
GDP of the United States
0.005%
United States debt
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Schwartz also serves as a director of bookstore chain Indigo Books & Music, which his wife, Heather Reisman, founded and runs.
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Financial assets
NYSE | CLS-US
Celestica, Inc.TORONTO | IDG-CA
Indigo Books and Music, Inc.TORONTO | ONEX-CA
Onex Corp. (Canada)TORONTO | ONEX-CA
Onex Corp. (Canada)TORONTO | ONEX-CA
Onex Corp. (Canada)TORONTO | ONEX-CA
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