Canadians You Didn’t Realize Were Millionaires

Lilly Singh is one of the highest earning stars on YouTube. She has more than 13 million subscribers and, according to Forbes, earned $10.5 milllion in 2017. She's won numerous fan awards and released her first book last year. The 30-year-old is from Scarborough, Ontario.

Jonathan Duhamel is proof that poker pays off. He's won three World Series of Poker bracelets and Celebrity Net Worth puts his fortune at $32 million. Originally from Quebec, Canada, he continues to play and win big. He has ranked as high as number five on the Global Poker Index. You may be surprised to learn who are the wealthiest people in every Canadian province.

Montreal native Jeffrey Skoll made his fortune (estimated at $5 billion) from his work with eBay, where he was the company's first employee and president. These days he's a noted film producer and philanthropist. Speaking of eBay, if you have one of these surprisingly valuable items lying around the house, you might be able to sell them for a fortune.

According to the Globe and Mail, Joseph Tsai is worth more than $13 billion. He made his fortune as the co-founder of Alibaba, the massive Chinese e-commerce company. He holds both Taiwanese and Canadian citizenship.

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Kelsey Ramsden is a successful Canadian entrepreneur originally from BC. She has founded a residential project management firm and several online companies. She was one of Canadian Business Magazine's Top 25 under 35 in 2010. She also mentors with the Richard Branson Centre for Entrepreneurship.

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Louis-Victor Jadavji co-founded Wiivv Wearables, a company that uses 3D printing technology to create custom footwear. According to Forbes, the company was originally funded via Kickstarter and is now worth millions.

You may have heard of Michael Hyatt thanks to his appearances on Next Gen Den. His wealth comes from building up technology companies and then selling them. In addition to his corporate work, he's a popular speaker and business coach.

Milun Tesovic and his family moved to Canada in 1994 to escape the civil war in Bosnia. He started a popular music lyric website when he was still a teenager and later sold it for millions. He now invests in and works with various tech companies.

Victoria Sopik is the co-founder and CEO of Kids & Company, a chain of daycare centres operating across Canada. She started the company in 2002, focusing on corporate child care.

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A popular face on Canadian television, Ben Mulroney is the son of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. MTLBlog reports that Ben has a net worth of $10 million. He's married with three children.

According to Narcity, Haroon Mirza was a self-made millionaire before he turned 30. His first big deal was selling technology he created to Intel. He's worked as a financial analyst and is now working with retailers to better use their data.

David Cheriton was an early investor in Google and it paid off big. According to the Globe and Mail, Cheriton is worth US$6 billion. Over the years he has made substantial donations to support computer science programs at the University of Waterloo, UBC and Stanford University, where he currently works as a computer science professor. He has also funded several tech companies.

You probably know Ann Kaplan Mulholland from The Real Housewives of Toronto. Originally from Winnipeg, she's a successful businesswoman and investor. Kaplan Mulholland is the president and CEO of iFinance Canada. She's won numerous entrepreneur awards.

Susan Niczowski founded Summer Fresh Salads Inc. in 1991 and has grown the company into a major producer of prepared foods including salads, hummus, and dips. The Woodbridge, Ontario firm has sales of over $100 million and more than 200 employees. Niczowski is originally from Downsview, Ontario.

You've likely heard of Travis Kalanick, the co-founder of Uber. But it was Canadian Garrett Camp who actually came up with the idea. He's currently the chairman of Uber and has an estimated net worth of US$6.3 billion.

Glynn Williams founded Reliance Aerotech Inc., a Canadian aircraft maintenance company. He's invested some of his fortune in the small town of Guysborough, Nova Scotia where, according to Narcity, he created 40 jobs under the banner of the Authentic Seacoast Company — a purveyor of Atlantic Canadian products and experiences.

Mark Scheinberg was a co-founder of the online gambling site PokerStars. The site was sold in 2014 for nearly $5 billion, which was quite the jackpot for Canadian Scheinberg and his partners.

Almost every week we see stories of ordinary Canadians that have overcome incredible odds to win millions. Recently a group of workers from Come By Chance, Newfoundland won $60 million — or $1.9 million for each member of their pool. In 2011, a group of Bombardier employees shared $50 million (pictured).

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