Rémi Marcoux

Canadian magazine publisher1

Rémi Marcoux (born July 1940) is the founder and controlling shareholder of Transcontinental, Inc.2

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Born Jul 5, 1940.1

Companies

Early life and education

Marcoux was born in July 1940.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.4

Marcoux is founder and controlling shareholder of Transcontinental, Inc.

He was chairman of the board, president, and CEO of Transcontinental from 1976 to March 2004, when he handed over management to Luc Desjardins, becoming executive chair.

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Personal life

  • BornJul 5, 1940, Saint-Elzéar5
  • CitizenshipCanada6

Philanthropy

Marcoux has sponsored Centraide, the Montreal Heart Institute, and HEC Montréal's Chaire Carmelle-et-Rémi-Marcoux.

He has participated in fundraising campaigns for many organizations, including the International Centre for Conflict Resolution and Mediation; the Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation; the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation; Ballets Jazz du Québec; and was CHUM Chair in Prostate Cancer at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal.

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Awards

  • 2008Officer of the National Order of Quebec7 8
  • Date not recordedMember of the Order of Canada7