The Jim Pattison Group
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| Private | |
| Industry | Media, automotive, packaging, food sales and distribution, magazine distribution, entertainment, export and financial industries |
| Founded | Vancouver, British Columbia (1961) |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia |
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Key people
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Jim Pattison, Chairman and CEO Glen Clark, President |
| Products | Media, Broadcasting, Grocery, Billboards |
| Revenue |
 $8.4 Billion - 2015 |
| Owner | Jim Pattison |
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Number of employees
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39,000 - 2015 |
| Website | Jim Pattison Official Homepage |
The Jim Pattison Group is Canada’s largest privately held company and, in a recent survey by the Financial Post, The Jim Pattison Group was ranked as Canada’s 62nd largest company. Jim Pattison, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur is the Chairman, President, CEO, and sole owner of the Jim Pattison Group. The Jim Pattison Group has more than 39,000 employees, and annual sales of $8.4 billion. With investments in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia, The Jim Pattison Group is involved in a wide variety of industries including TV and radio stations, automotive dealerships, grocery store chains, magazine distribution, food service specialty packaging, advertising, real estate development, fishing, forest products, financial services, and entertainment.
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:
October 29, 2013, Pattison became an insider of the Just Energy Group Inc. (http://www.justenergy.com/about-us/just-energy-group™/), a publicly traded corporation on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange, by taking possession of more than 14 million shares (over 10% of the company's shares outstanding).
Some of the more significant divisions of the Jim Pattison Group include:
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