The Jim Pattison Group is a Canadian conglomerate based in Vancouver. In a recent survey by the Financial Post, the firm was ranked as Canada's 62nd largest company. Jim Pattison, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur, is the chairman, CEO, and sole owner of the company. The Jim Pattison Group, Canada's second largest privately held company, has more than 45,000 employees worldwide, and annual sales of $10.1 billion based on investments in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Group is active in 25 divisions, according to Forbes, including packaging, food, forestry products. In early 2022, the 93-year-old Pattison was still working full-time. According to Forbes, his net worth then was $5.7 billion, having increased substantially from the $2.1 billion reported in March 2009. In September 2020, a news item stated that "Jim Pattison Group Inc. had $10.9 billion in revenue and employed 48,000 people". History The Jim Pattison Group began on May 8, 1961, when Pattison purchased a General Motors automobile dealership by borrowing $40,000 from the Royal Bank of Canada, and placing his home and life insurance policy with the bank as collateral. Acquisitions in subsequent years included the following: 1965 – Awarded license to operate Vancouver AM radio station CJOR 1967 – Acquired Neon Products (Vancouver) & Seaboard Outdoor Advertising 1968 – Acquired Overwaitea Foods (Vancouver) 1969 – Acquired Provincial News (Edmonton) Employees: 2,500 Sales: $100 million 1980 – Started Jim Pattison Real Estate Group Employees: 6,000 Sales: $500 million Purchased Beautiful British Columbia Magazine 1984 – Acquired Canadian Fishing Company 1985 – Acquired Ripley's Believe It or Not! Employees: 6,000 Sales: $1 billion 1990 – Acquired the Foodservice Packaging Group Acquired the Flexible Packaging Group Acquired Coroplast and Montebello Packaging Employees: 10,000 Sales: $2 billion 1991 – Started Jim Pattison Trade Group Started Financial Services division 1994 – Acquired Westshore Terminals, a BC-based coal-export terminal facility 1995 – Acquired Buy-Low Foods 1997 – Started Select Media Services Opened Ripley's Aquarium, Myrtle Beach, SC 1999 – Acquired Cooper's Foods Employees: 20,000 Sales: $4.4 billion 2000 – Opened Ripley's Aquarium of The Smokies, Gatlinburg, TN Employees: 22,000 Sales: $4.6 billion 2001 – Acquired Monarch Broadcasting Acquired Van-Whole Produce Employees: 24,000 Sales: $5 billion 2002 – Started ProLogix Distribution Services and AccuLogix Distribution Services Acquired Ever Corp. Employees: 25,000 Sales: $5.2 billion 2003 – Acquired LIN PAC Inc. Employees: 26,000 Sales: $5.5 billion 2004 – Acquired Classic Attractions (Texas) Acquired