Aldo Bensadoun
Canadian-Moroccan businessman and philanthropist
Albert "Aldo" Bensadoun (born 1939), is a Moroccan-Canadian businessman. He is the founder and executive chairman of Aldo, a retail shoe company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.2
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Born 1939.1
About
Bensadoun's family foundation donated $25 million to McGill University to help found the Bensadoun School of Retail Management.
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Companies
- ALDOFounder13
- Call it SpringFounder14
Early life and education
- Date not recordedCornell University3
- Date not recordedMcGill University3
- Date not recordedDesautels Faculty of Management3
Aldo Bensadoun (Hebrew: אלדו בן סעדון) was born in Fez to a Moroccan Jewish family; his father was a shoe retailer in Fez, Morocco and France. Bensadoun moved to the United States for his post-secondary education. He attended Cornell University before relocating to Montreal and graduating from McGill University with a commerce degree in 1964.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson.6
- Date not recordedFounded ALDO4
- Date not recordedFounded Call it Spring5
He worked at Yellow Shoes before founding the precursor to the Aldo Group in 1972 as a stand within the Le Château store in Montreal.
As of July 2020, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$1.1 billion.
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Personal life
Bensadoun has been married twice. His first wife was a Scottish Protestant; they had two sons: David (born 1970) and Douglas (born 1973). His second wife is Dianne Bibeau; they have a daughter, Daniela (born 1991). His son David is the CEO of the Aldo Group and is married to Isabelle Poirier. Bensadoun lives in Montreal.
In 2012, his son, David, along with Patrick Beaule were the first Canadian four wheel team to complete the Dakar Rally.
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Awards
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Sources
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- 1WikidataAldo Bensadoun on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAldo Bensadoun on Wikipedia
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- 11Wikidataaward, as reported
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- 13WikidataALDO, Founder
- 14WikidataCall it Spring, Founder
- 15Wikimedia CommonsAldo Bensadoun photo by Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 3.0