Gerald W. Schwartz, OC (born 1941) is the founder, chairman and CEO of Onex Corporation.
degrees from the University of Manitoba[1] where he became an active brother of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity.
In 2021, Schwartz's net worth was estimated at US$1.5 billion, making him one of the wealthiest people in Canada.
[1] Schwartz is the co-founder of the Heseg Foundation for Lone Soldiers alongside his wife, Heather Reisman.
[12] Mount Sinai Hospital announced in December 2013 that a transformational $15 million gift from Schwartz and Reisman would be used to "reshape emergency medicine" at the facility.
[13][14] The Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman Foundation donated $5.3 million to St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia in late 2018 to create scholarships, bursaries and increased recruitment of business students.