Past Recipients
Albert D. Cohen, O.C.
1984
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gendis Inc.
Winnipeg, Canada
Paul Desmarais, C.C.
1985
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Power Corporation
Montreal, Canada
Jim Pattison, O.C.
1986
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Pattison Group of Companies
Vancouver, Canada
Akio Morita
1987
Honourary Chairman
and Co-Founder of Sony Corporation
Tokyo, Japan
Ross Perot
1988
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Ross Perot Group
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
Sir John Egan
1989
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jaguar, plc
London, England
Ronald Southern, C.M., M.B.E.
1990
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of ATCO Ltd., and Chairman of Canadian Utilities Limited
Calgary, Canada
Thomas J. Bata, C.C.
1991
Chairman, Bata Limited
Toronto, Canada
George A. Cohon, O.C.
1992
Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Limited
Toronto, Canada
Dwayne O. Andreas
1993
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Archer Daniels Midland Company
Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A.
Roberto C. Goizueta
1994
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer The Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Richard Branson
1995
London, England
Israel Asper, O.C., Q.C.
1997
Winnipeg, Canada
Laurent Beaudoin C.C., O.Q.
1998
Montreal, Canada
Isadore Sharp, O.C.
1999
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Toronto, Canada
Li Ka-shing
2000
Hong Kong
Edward Rogers, O.C.
2001
Toronto, Canada
Martha Stewart
2002
New York, NY, U.S.A.
Heather Reisman
2003
Gerald W. Schwartz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Onex Corporation
Toronto, Canada
Howard Schultz
2004
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Stephen A. Jarislowsky
2005
Montreal, Canada
Dame Anita Roddick
2006
London, England
Dominic D'Alessandro
2007
Toronto, Canada
Peter Munk
2008
Canada
Jim Balsillie
2009
Canada
N. Murray Edwards
2010
Edco Financial Holdings Ltd.,
Canada
Jim Sinegal
2011
Stu Clark
2012
Entrepreneur
Linda Hasenfratz
2014
Linamar Corporation
David Thomson
2015
The Woodbridge Company
V. Prem Watsa
2016
David Foster
2017
Arriana Huffington
2018
Founder, The Huffington Post