Stephen J. R. Smith
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Stephen J. R. Smith | |
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| Alma mater | Queen's University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, First National Financial Corporation |
Stephen J. R. Smith (2 June 1951, Ottawa)[1] is a Canadian businessman who is the Executive Chairman and co-founder of First National Financial Corporation. As of November 2023, his net worth was estimated as $3.4 billion.[2]
Biography
[edit]Smith graduated with a degree of Electrical Engineering from Queen's University in 1972 and went on to get a Master's of Science in economics from the London School of Economics.[citation needed]
In 1988, he co-founded First National Financial Corporation, the largest non-bank lender of mortgages in Canada. As of 2015, the company had over $90 billion of mortgage loans under administration.[3]
In 2015, he gave to $50 million to Queen's University at Kingston, after which Queen's business school was renamed to Smith School of Business. On November 2, 2023, he paid $100 million for Queen's engineering department to be renamed to the Stephen J. R. Smith Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Stephen Smith". The Canadian Encyclopedia. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Stephen Smith". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ "Smith, Stephen J R". Queen's University at Kingston. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ Taekema, Dan (2023-11-02). "Queen's receives $100M donation from former student, renames faculty of engineering". CBC News. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
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