Pierre Lassonde
Pierre Lassonde obtained his BA, BSc, U of Montreal '71, MBA U. of Utah '73, P.Eng '76, CFA '84, Hon PhD Engineering U of Toronto, Montreal, Ryerson, Hon PhD Business, U of Utah, Hon.D.Law, York University, June 2014 and Western University June 2015. Mr. Lassonde co-founded Franco-Nevada Mining Corporation in 1982. Over the next 20 years Franco provided shareholders with a 36% annualized rate of return. The company was acquired by Newmont Mining Corp in February 2002 and Pierre became President and Vice Chairman in 2007. He served as Chairman of the World Gold Council from 2005 to 2009. Mr. Lassonde’s philanthropic interest in education and the arts is well known. He has been Chairman of the Quebec National Art Museum since 2005. In July 2015 Mr. Lassonde was appointed Chair of the Board of the Canada Council for the Arts. He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2002 and Officer of the Quebec Order in 2008. Pierre was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in 2013.
