Mostly Money

56: Investment legend Stephen Jarislowsky

April 26, 2017 Preet Banerjee
Mostly Money
56: Investment legend Stephen Jarislowsky
Show Notes
Stephen Jarislowsky shares wisdom gleaned from more than 70 years of investing. He is a true investment legend, and still holds some stocks he originally purchased in the late 1940s when we has completing his MBA at Harvard. He launched Jarislowsky Fraser, Ltd. in 1955 and has grown it to more than $40 billion in assets under management, and is personally worth more than a billion dollars. He's led an unbelievable life with unbelievable stories, including being a counter-intelligence agent for the US Army in Japan after the second World War, and having been bestowed 11 honourary doctorates. And that's just scratching the surface. We spoke at his offices in Montreal.