Description
David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet is a Canadian media magnate. He is the son of the late Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet and his siblings are actress Taylor Thomson and Peter Thomson. He became the chairman of Thomson Corporation in 2006 at the death of his father and after the acquisition of Reuters, became the chairman of the merged entity, Thomson Reuters in 2008. He currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.
Thomson attended Upper Canada College and received a BA in history from Selwyn College in the University of Cambridge in 1978.
As of October 2012, Thomson is listed as one of the wealthiest people in the world with an estimated networth of 22.2 billion. With an estimated net worth of around $23.0 billion Cdn as of 2010, Thomson and his family are the richest in Canada and 22nd richest in the world according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Previously, Thomson was listed as the 17th richest in the world by Forbes.
Born
June 12th, 1957 in (Age 67)
Last Changes
2011/09/01
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2011/08/23
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2009/10/31
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