Floyd Chalmers

Floyd Sherman Chalmers, CC OOnt (September 14, 1898 – April 26, 1993) was a Canadian editor, publisher and philanthropist.

[1] Born in Chicago, Illinois, to Canadian parents he was raised in Orillia and Toronto, Ontario.

[1] He worked for the Bank of Nova Scotia before serving with the First Canadian Tank Battalion during World War I.

[1] He first established his subsequent career in publishing as editor of the battalion's newsletter,[1] and joined the Financial Post as a reporter in 1919.

[1] Appointed chief editor of the Financial Post in 1925,[2] he later became president of Maclean-Hunter from 1952 to 1964 and chairman of the board until 1969.