Paul Desmarais – Biography
Last update: April 20, 2026Executive profile
Paul was Assistant Vice President for Great-West Lifeco.
Paul Desmarais is currentlyChief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at Sagard Holdings - View - Sagard Holdings org chart
Chairman of the Board at IGM Financial - View - IGM Financial org chart
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board at Diagram - View - Diagram org chart
Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Portage Ventures - View - Portage Ventures org chart
Director at Great-West Lifeco - View - Great-West Lifeco org chart
Director at Lakefield Veterinary - View - Lakefield Veterinary org chart
Director at Wealthsimple - View - Wealthsimple org chart
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Paul Desmarais has a Master of Business Administration from Harvard College and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from INSEAD.
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- At Sagard Holdings, Paul Desmarais has 223 colleagues including Heather Davis (Director), Samuel Robinson (Vice Chairman of the Board)…
- At IGM Financial, Paul Desmarais has 64 colleagues including James O'Sullivan (CEO), Claude Généreux (Director)…
- At Diagram, Paul Desmarais has 13 colleagues including Francois Lafortune (CEO), Paul Manias (General Partner)…
- At Portage Ventures, Paul Desmarais has 31 colleagues including Adam Felesky (Co-CEO), Ricky Lai (General Partner)…
- At Great-West Lifeco, Paul Desmarais has 76 colleagues including David Harney (CEO), Jake Lawrence (Director)…
- At Lakefield Veterinary, Paul Desmarais has 20 colleagues including Mollie Hoff (CEO & Director), Alexandre Desmarais (Chairman of the Board)…
- At Wealthsimple, Paul Desmarais has 17 colleagues including Michael Katchen (CEO & Director), Patrick Pichette (Director)…
Homonyms
- Paul Desmarais III - Director - GBL
- Paul Desmarais Jr - Chairman of the Board - GBL
- Paul Jr Desmarais - Chairman of the Board - Power Corp of Canada
- Paul Desmarais III - Senior Vice President - Power Corp of Canada
- Paul Jr Desmarais - Co-Chairman of the Board - Power Financial
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- In the Holding industry, Paul Desmarais has 19,950 colleagues in 1,274 companies located in 74 countries. 9,180 executive movements have been recorded in the last 12 months. Learn more about Holding.
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