for Laughs M. J. Nurenberger (1911–2001), founder of the Canadian Jewish News Bernard Ostry (1927–2006), chair and CEO of TVOntario Robert Rabinovitch (1943– ), president and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation A. M. Rosenthal (1922–2006), executive editor of The New York Times; Pulitzer Prize (1960) Brian Segal (1943– ), president and CEO of Rogers Publishing Jay Switzer (1956–2018), president and CEO of CHUM Limited Jack L. Warner (1892–1978), president of Warner Bros. Studios Moses Znaimer (1942– ), co-founder and head of Citytv Mortimer Zuckerman (1937– ), co-founder of Boston Properties and media proprietor Natural resources Robert Friedland (1950– ), founder of Ivanhoe Mines Leon Joseph Koerner (1892–1972), philanthropist and industrialist Peter Munk (1927–2018), founder of Barrick Gold Joseph Rotman (1935–2015), businessman and philanthropist Seymour Schulich (1940– ), mining businessman and philanthropist Irving Schwartz (1929–2010), entrepreneur and philanthropist Levy Solomons (1730–1792), merchant and fur trader Philanthropists Bluma Appel (1919–2007), philanthropist Jenny Belzberg (1928– ), philanthropist Alfred David Benjamin (1848–1900), businessman and philanthropist Lillian Bilsky Freiman (1885–1940), philanthropist and civil leader Ruth Goldbloom (1923–2012), co-founder of Pier 21 Real estate Marcel Adams (1920–2020), real estate investor Sylvan Adams (1958– ), real estate investor David Azrieli (1922–2014), real estate magnate Samuel Belzberg (1928–2018), businessman The Ghermezian family, shopping mall developers Mitchell Goldhar (1962– ), founder of SmartCentres and owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. Michal Hornstein (1920–2016), businessman and philanthropist The Reichmann family, real estate magnates Edward Reichmann (1925–2005), real estate magnate Paul Reichmann (1930–2013), real estate magnate Jack Singer (1917–2013), real estate developer Allan Zeman (1949– ), developer Retail Aldo Bensadoun (1939– ), founder of the Aldo Group The Bronfman family, businesspeople and philanthropists Charles Bronfman (1931– ), co-chairman of Seagram's Edgar Bronfman Sr. (1929–2013), head of Seagram's and president of the World Jewish Congress Samuel Bronfman (1889–1971), founder of Seagram's Dov Charney (1969– ), founder of American Apparel Lyon Cohen (1868–1937), businessman and philanthropist George Cohon (1937– ), founder of McDonald's Canada Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), co-founder of Consolidated Foods Leslie Dan (1929– ), founder of Novopharm Sir Mortimer Davis (1866–1928), tobacco industry executive Archibald Jacob Freiman (1880–1944), founder of Freimans Hershey Friedman (1950– ), owner of Agri Star Daniel Friedmann (1956– ), CEO of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Daryl Katz (1961– ), founder of Katz Group of Companies and owner of the Edmonton Oilers Murray Koffler (1924–2017), founder of Shoppers Drug Mart Ed Mirvish (1914–2007), founder of Honest Ed's Jack