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vue666
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Re: Top 10 Richest Canadians


#7 on the list is Paul Desmarais Sr - Former Prime Ministers Mulroney, Chretien and Paul Martin were at one time on his payroll... Chretien, Mulroney and George Bush attend his wife's birthday...

His son is married to Chretien's wife...

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Worth : $4.4B, +3.2%
2011 rank: 7
Based in: Montreal
Company: Power Corp. of Canada

To say that Desmarais is well-connected is an understatement. Three prime ministers — Brian Mulroney, Jean Chrétien, and Paul Martin — have at some point worked at Power Corp., the financial and media powerhouse chaired by Desmarais. His connections extend beyond Canada, too. This summer, Desmarais hosted former French president Nicolas Sarkozy at one of his homes in Quebec.

His powerful friends made Desmarais a target of the hacker collective Anonymous this year, which released a two-hour-long video of a lavish birthday party and gala thrown for his wife, Jacqueline. Guests included Mulroney, Chrétien and George H. W. Bush. A lengthy concert was even performed in Jacqueline’s honour. Jacqueline was apparently a big Al Jolson fan in her youth. “I was a great imitator, in those days, of Al Jolson,” she reminisces during one segment. “And so we used to do all these — blacken our faces, and come down on Sunday mornings and sing ... all those songs.” A singer, in blackface, then performs “Swanee” on stage while the loving couple sings along.




Kardinal
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said by vue666:

#7 on the list is Paul Desmarais Sr - Former Prime Ministers Mulroney, Chretien and Paul Martin were at one time on his payroll... Chretien, Mulroney and George Bush attend his wife's birthday...

His son is married to Chretien's wife...

Time to check those bifocals again, as last time I checked Jean Chretien was married to "Chretien's wife"; Andre Desmarais is married to Jean Chretien's daughter.
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