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In 2004, she launched Kijiji.ca which became one of Canada's most-visited websites. [6] [7] [8] Bannister is the co-chair of C100 [9] and on the boards of the Ivey Business School and LEAP, [10] a social venture accelerator, as well as serving as a mentor at Creative Destruction Lab at the University of Toronto. [11]
Kijiji's owner was also a minority shareholder in Craigslist.In April 2008, eBay launched a lawsuit against Craigslist claiming that their executives were attempting to weaken eBay's investment, while in May of the same year, Craigslist filed a counter suit claiming Kijiji had stolen trade secrets and that eBay used misleading tactics to promote the service.
Quikr was initially launched as Akshay Mote India in August 1996. [6] Kijiji.in was owned by Kijiji International, an eBay subsidiary.. In 2008, Mumbai based venture capitalist, Matrix Partners India, invested in Kijiji India, following which Kijiji India was hived off Kijiji International and restructured as an independent company and re-branded as "Quikr", which was jointly owned by Matrix ...
Here, together with Arturo Scotti, he founded the Italian-Canadian newspaper Corriere Canadese, a daily publication serving the Italian-Canadian community, on 2 June 1954 (Republic Day). The publication is distributed exclusively in Ontario and Quebec . [ 2 ]
Comrie was born on June 29, 1950, in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. [3]He played junior hockey with the Moose Jaw Canucks, a Chicago Blackhawks farm team, and later the Edmonton Oil Kings, but retired from hockey in 1968 to enter into the family furniture business following the death of his father Herb, [3] eventually turning down an invitation to a Blackhawks training camp.
Now the founder and CEO of the Black-owned hair care brand Mielle Organics, her foray into business followed a heart-wrenching loss. In 2013, the then-mother of two lost her infant son.
Bernard Marcus, the co-founder of Home Depot, has died at the age of 95. The company confirmed Marcus' death on Tuesday. Along with Arthur Blank, Marcus opened the first two Home Depot stores in ...
Garry Hoy (January 28, 1954 – July 9, 1993) was a Canadian lawyer who died when he fell from the 24th floor of his office building at the Toronto-Dominion Centre in Toronto, Ontario. In an attempt to prove to a group of prospective articling students that the building's glass windows were unbreakable, he threw himself against the glass.