Stephan Crétier (born 8 August 1963) is a Canadian businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
[1] Crétier founded GardaWorld in 1995 with an investment of $25,000, which he raised by placing a second mortgage on his home.
[2] The company now generates over $5 billion in annual revenues[3] and is one of the largest employers in the security industry, with 122 000 employees worldwide.
[12] In July 2019, he led the largest buyout in Canadian history in a transaction worth $5.2bn with private equity firm BC Partners where Crétier now owns with selected management 49% of GardaWorld.
In 2018 the foundation created the B.O.L.O Program for offering financial incentives to the public for finding Canada's top 25 most wanted fugitives.