Daryl Katz
Daryl Katz · Economics & Business
Founder of the Katz Group and owner of the Edmonton Oilers; gave $20m to Mount Sinai Hospital and led the Ice District rebuilding of downtown Edmonton
1961, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Canada
Daryl Katz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Founder of the Katz Group and owner of the Edmonton Oilers; gave $20m to Mount Sinai Hospital and led the Ice District rebuilding of downtown Edmonton
Daryl Katz was born into a Jewish family in Edmonton and went to Talmud Torah, the city's Jewish day school. A lawyer by training, he acquired the franchise rights to Rexall and built the Katz Group into one of Canada's largest privately owned companies. He bought the Edmonton Oilers in 2008 and drove the Ice District, the largest mixed-use development in western Canada, around the new Rogers Place arena. He gave $20 million to Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto for the Daryl A. Katz Centre for Urgent and Critical Care and $10 million towards homelessness in Edmonton.
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Source: The Canadian Jewish News; Wikipedia — Daryl Katz
Founder of the Katz Group and owner of the Edmonton Oilers; gave $20m to Mount Sinai Hospital and led the Ice District rebuilding of downtown Edmonton
Source: The Canadian Jewish News; Wikipedia — Daryl Katz
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