Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Business Hall of Fame

The Manitoba Business Hall of Fame was established by Junior Achievement Manitoba in 2013.

Inductee	Year
Ida Albo	2018
Israel Harold “Izzy” Asper (1932-2003)	2013
Rick Bel	2018
Samuel Bronfman (1889-1971)	2013
John Buhler	2014
Herb Buller	2016
James William “Jim” Burns (1929-2019)	2014
Robert Megill “Bob” Chipman (1926-2013)	2014
Albert Diamond Cohen (1914-2011)	2013
Art DeFehr	2015
Abdo (Albert) El Tassi	2019
Douglas Donald Everett (1927-2018)	2017
David Friesen	2016
Elmer Hildebrand	2015
Duncan M. Jessiman	2015
Mary Kelekis (c1925-2019)	2015
Philip “Phil” Kives (1929-2016)	2017
Richard Kroft	2018
Arthur Valentine Mauro (1927-2023)	2014
Hugh Munro	2015
Gord Peters	2016
Lawrence Oliver “Lawrie” Pollard (1928-2019)	2014
Gerry Price	2018
James Armstrong Richardson (1885-1939)	2013
Muriel Sprague Richardson (1890-1973)	2013
Sandy Riley	2017
Clifford Sifton (1861-1929)	2013
Bob Tallman	2019
Louie Tolaini	2017
Carole Vivier	2019

Sources:

“Manitoba Business Hall of Fame,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 June 2015, page 10.

“New inductees into biz Hall,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 February 2016, page 15.

“Business leaders inducted into hall of fame,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 May 2017, page 18.

“Business hall of fame,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 July 2018, page 95.

Laureates, Manitoba Business Hall of Fame [Internet Archive, 2020].

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 7 August 2023

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