John Bragg (businessman)

Canadian businessman
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroCanadian businessman
PlacesCanada
isBusinessperson
Work fieldBusiness
Gender
Male
Birth3 May 1940, Springhill, Nova Scotia
Age84 years
The details

Biography

John L. Bragg, OC (born May 3, 1940) is a Canadian businessman and former Chancellor of Mount Allison University.
Born in Springhill, Nova Scotia, he received a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Education degree from Mount Allison University. He is the Chairman, President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Oxford Frozen Foods Limited, a food manufacturer which he founded in 1968 and operates the largest fruit farm in the world, with over 12,000 acres (49 km²) of wild blueberries. He also founded a cable television company in the 1970s which became known as Bragg Communications and was subsequently expanded to become EastLink.
He is a director of TD Bank Financial Group, Canada Bread Limited, Empire Company Limited and Sobeys Inc.
He and wife Judy have four children: Lee, Matthew, Carolyn and Patricia, all of whom have worked or now work in the business. The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 7:18PM ES
In 1996, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1994, he was awarded the National Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the Governor General of Canada Ray Hnatyshyn.
Bragg had a net worth of $1.11 billion CDN in 2015. [1]

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