biography
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Black (of Crossharbour), Conrad Moffat Black, Baron
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1944– )
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| biography:
| London-based financier, born in Montreal, SE Canada. He studied at Carleton, Laval, and McGill universities, and became a businessman. He achieved control of Argus Corporation, a holding company controlling a large number of Canadian corporations, becoming chairman in 1979 and chief executive in 1985. He repositioned himself in the newspaper business, buying London's Daily Telegraph (1985), Quebec's Le Soleil, Ottawa's Le Droit, and over 40 small newspapers in the USA. He has also earned some attention as a commentator on economic and political affairs. He was elevated to the peerage in 1999 but took his seat in 2001 after renouncing his Canadian citizenship. |
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