Sikh realty tycoon donates $10 mn to Canadian university
Friday, 16/03/2018
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TORONTO: Canada’s top Sikh real estate tycoon Bob Dhillon donated 10 million Canadian dollars (around ₹50 crore) to the University of Lethbridge in Alberta on Wednesday.
The university has renamed its business school after him and it now be called the Dhillon School of Business. Calgarybased Bob (Navneet) Dhillon is the president and CEO of the real estate giant Mainstreet Equity Corporation, which he started from the back of his car in the 1980s.
With its assets over $1.5 billion, the company owns over 10,000 apartment units across Canada.
“I’m a first-generation immigrant and I’m very fortunate that I’m in a position to make this contribution. This is my way of giving back to Canada,” said Dhillon, whose family hails from Tallewal village near Barnala in Punjab.
Dhillon, who is an alumnus of Shimla’s Bishop Cotton School, said: “I am an immigrant and a businessman and I’m extremely thankful for the opportunities I’ve had growing up here in Canada”.
