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Paul Desmarais

Chairman and CEO of Sagard

Montreal, Quebec

VC
Investor
CEO
Founder

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Business Strategy
Strategic Planning
Private Equity
Financial Analysis
Business Analysis
Analysis
Valuation
Project Management
Key Account Management
Customer Relations
Logistics
PowerPoint
Excel
Corporate Finance
Working Capital Management
Financial Modeling
Competitive Analysis
Supply Chain Management
Market Research
Due Diligence

Education

  • MBA

    INSEAD

    (2009 - 2010)

  • BA

    Harvard University

    (2000 - 2004)

  • High School

    Lakefield College School

    (1996 - 2000)

  • Lower Canada College

    (1993 - 1996)

  • College Stanislas

    (1988 - 1991)

Investments

Midas

Series A

Total Funding: $56M

Performance Equity Management

Private Equity

Total Funding:

Octav

Seed

Total Funding: $3M

Nesto

Series B

Total Funding: $140M

Stack Wealth

Seed

Total Funding: $5M

Gray Hawk Investment Strategies

Private Equity

Total Funding: $10M

Work Experience

Empower

2023

  • Board Member

    2023

Sagard

2016

  • Chairman and CEO

    2016

    Sagard is a multi-strategy alternative asset manager building great businesses through capital, culture, and network.

Portage

2016

  • Co-Founder and Executive Chairman

    2016

Diagram Ventures

2016

  • Co-Founder and Chairman

    2016

Wealthsimple

2015

  • Chairman Of The Board

    2015

Grayhawk

2020

  • Chairman of the Board

    2020

nesto

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

Dialogue

2020 - 2023

  • Chairman Of The Board

    2020 - 2023

Imerys

2014 - 2022

  • Board Member

    2014 - 2022

Personal Capital

2016 - 2020

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2020