Background
David Harrison Gilmour was born in Toronto in 1931. At age 16, his father offered him the option between enough cash to start his own company, or a $10 stipend a day to go traveling in Europe on his own.
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David Gilmour
Edit ProfileBusinessman founder of Fiji Water
Education
He chose to go traveling, and believes he learned how to become an entrepreneur by observing other people on his travels.
Career
He created his first company, Dansk Design, an importer of Scandinavian furniture and giftware. He then founded TrizecHahn, a real estate firm. In 1958, he co-founded Clairtone, a stereo maker, with Peter Munk.
They then bought property in Fiji and started the hotel chain called the Southern Pacific Hotel Corporation.
Less than a decade later, they sold it for $128 million. They then bought a $40 million gold mine in Northern Ontario, and co-founded Barrick Gold.
He also bought Zinio, now one of the world"s largest electronic distributors of magazines, books, catalogs and apps. = Fiji He later bought Wakaya Island in Fiji.
In 1996, he co-founded Fiji Water with Peter Munk, after he found an aquifer in Aqaya Valley.
lieutenant became the Number. 1 brand of imported water, even before Evian. In 2004, he sold it to Lynda Resnick for United States$50 million.
He also founded Wakaya Club & Spa, a luxury resort on Wakaya Island.
He has also built a village and a school for his Fiji workers. Personal life
They live on Wakaya Island four months a year. They also live in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida.
The murder remains unsolved as of 2012.
