Richard James Currie OC (born 1937 in Saint John, New Brunswick) is a Canadian businessman.
He worked as an engineer until 1968, when he entered Harvard University to earn a Master of Business Administration degree in 1970.
After graduating from Harvard in 1970, he became a Senior Associate at McKinsey & Co., a management consultant firm based in New York City.
Loblaws increased its market share over 350 times in 25 years while under his control, reaching $14 billion before he stepped down on December 31, 2000.
Worth $3 million, it will help fund courses and research related to the progress of the commerce industry in Canada, along with the legal, economic and political events that impacted its history.