John Risley

John Carter Risley OC (born April 26, 1948) is a Canadian billionaire businessman with interests in fisheries, food supplements, and communications.

[6] Within ten years of its founding in 1976, Clearwater had grown into one of the largest international food fish businesses by specializing in high return products including scallops, lobster, clams, coldwater shrimp and crab, which it air-freights around the world.

[citation needed] Risley was a major shareholder in Columbus Communications, a Caribbean cable television and Internet provider which he co-founded in 2004.

He entered the business with Brendan Paddick from Grand Falls, Newfoundland and was a board member of the company based in Freeport, Bahamas.

The Risley 32,000-square-foot home near Chester, Nova Scotia overlooks the Atlantic Ocean on a 91 acres (37 ha) property formerly owned by Joseph N. Pew, Jr., founder of Sunoco.

[25] Since his divorce from Judy Risley (MacDonald) John has built a second home in South End Halifax with his girlfriend, Amy Gordinier-Regan (owner of skinfix) and her two children.