biography
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Thomson (of Fleet), Kenneth (Roy) Thomson, 2nd Baron
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1923– )
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| biography:
| Businessman and financier, born in Toronto, Ontario, SE Canada, the son of Roy Thompson. He studied at Upper Canada College and at Cambridge, England, then joined the newspaper business. In 1979 he bought the Hudson's Bay Co, and in 1980 the FP publications newspaper chain. By the time he had sold The Times of London (1981), he was already one of Canada's wealthiest citizens through newspaper properties in Canada, Britain, and the USA, and through North Sea oil. He is also a renowned art enthusiast and collector. He succeeded his father as Baron Thomson of Fleet in 1976. |
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