Stephen A. Jarislowsky
| Stephen Jarislowsky | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 9, 1925 Berlin, Germany |
| Residence | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Alma mater |
Cornell University Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | Founder, Chairman & CEO of Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd. |
| Net worth |
 US$1.2 billion (February 2015)
|
| Spouse(s) | Married |
| Children | 4 |
Stephen A. Jarislowsky, CC GOQ (born September 9, 1925) is a Canadian business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Jarislowsky Fraser Limited, which he built into one of the largest and most successful investment management firms in Canada, with over C$40 billion in assets under management.
His personal wealth was estimated at $1.2 billion in March 2016, making him the 30th richest person in Canada.
Jarislowsky was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Kaethe (née Gassmann) and Alfred Jarislowsky. He is the stepson of a steel mill owner in Germany, who was ousted by the Nazis for harbouring Jews. Jarislowsky emigrated to the United States in 1941 after boarding schools in the Netherlands and France. He came of age and was deeply affected by the Great Depression. In Asheville, North Carolina, he attended the college preparatory school, Asheville School, and then studied mechanical engineering for two years at Cornell University. With the US entry into World War II, he served in the US Army. He finished basic training and studied Japanese at the University of Chicago before serving in counter-intelligence in Japan after the war.
He returned to the University of Chicago in 1946 and graduated with an MA in Asian Studies and Phi Beta Kappa Honours. This was followed by a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1949. For the next three years, he worked as an engineer for Alcan Aluminum in Montreal. He briefly returned to the United States, but by June 1955 he returned to Montreal where he started Jarislowsky, Fraser & Company Limited.
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