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Jimmy — An Autobiography

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Jimmy — An Autobiography
Full titleJimmy: An Autobiography
AuthorJim Pattison with Paul Grescoe
Published1987
Pages300
RecommendedOnce
BuyAmazon
Why it’s on the listThe autobiography of Jim Pattison, who started with a single Vancouver car dealership in 1961 and compounded it into one of Canada’s largest private conglomerates — the acquisitions, the financing and the operating habits behind a serial-acquirer career.

Where I heard about it

  • @mastersinvest — in bold (the curator’s mark for “very good”) on his “2025 Reading … so far” list, August 2025. Full list: 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet).

Connections

  • 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet) — the list this came from.
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