[1][2] Born in Toronto, Ontario, Billes went at age 16 to work as a clerk at a branch of the Dominion Bank.
The Billes brothers expanded the business into a full line of automotive products and home and garden supplies.
When he stepped down as the company's president and CEO, the Board of Directors named Dean Muncaster (b.
[3] A publicly traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Canadian Tire's Class A Non-Voting shares are widely held.
In honour of Alfred Billes, the company's distribution centre in Brampton, Ontario, was named the A.J.