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Clay Riddell
Clayton Howard Riddell, OC (July 13, 1937 – September 15, 2018) was a Canadian billionaire businessman who was the founder, president and CEO of Paramount Resources, based in Calgary, Alberta. Early life He was born on a farm near Treherne, Manitoba on July 13, 1937, the youngest child of Cecil Howard Riddell and Bertha Maude Riddell née Taylor. Riddell earned with a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of Manitoba. Career He was part owner of the Calgary Flames, and high-end Calgary restaurant ''Catch''. With an estimated net worth of US$2.5 billion (as of March 2011), he was ranked by ''Forbes'' as the 12th wealthiest Canadian and 459th in the world. Riddell was a president of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and chair of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. The Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources at the University of Manitoba is named in his honour. He donated $10 million to create an endowment fund for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treherne, Manitoba
Treherne is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne within the Canadian province Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North Amer ... of Manitoba that held town status prior to January 1, 2015. It is halfway between Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba, Brandon on Manitoba Provincial Highway 2, Provincial Highway 2. Primarily a farming community, Treherne has a significant portion of the municipality's population, which is around 1750 people, Official Treherne Website and has two schools (Treherne Elementary School and Treherne Collegiate Institute) and a hospital. There is also a daycare facility, and in 2006 Treherne opened the Treherne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
