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Wesley J. Hall

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Wes Hall

Full Name: Wesley J. Hall

Born: May 08, 1969, Golden Grove, Saint Thomas, Jamaica

Job: Executive Chairman and Founder

Works for: Kingsdale Advisors

Primary Industry: Financial Services

Nationality: Jamaican, Canadian

Residence: Toronto, Ontario

Net Worth: (): ~ USD $0.38 Billion.

🇯🇲 🇨🇦 Wes Hall is Founder and Executive Chairman of Kingsdale Advisors and Founder and Chairman of the BlackNorth Initiative. He has established himself as the preeminent leader in shareholder advisory services and contested investor situations.

Kingsdale Shareholder Services Inc., was started in 2003 and Kingsdale Communications Inc., started in 2009 to provide clients with a best-in-class mechanism for communicating with shareholders and managing IR communications.

On Jan. 10, 2017, Kingsdale Shareholder Services announced it was rebranding as Kingsdale Advisors to more accurately reflect the broad suite of strategic advisory services –from defensive advisory, governance, voting analytics, and communications. As part of this evolution, Amy Freedman has been promoted from President, Canada to the role of Chief Executive Officer, Kingsdale Advisors and Wes Hall, previous CEO, will assume the role of Chairman and Founder.

Mr. Hall has changed the lives of thousands of children in the Caribbean and Canada by donating both his money and time. 

About the Net Worth

Mr. Hall's net worth of ~ $375 million is only an estimate we calculated based on unreliable public figures of annual revenue for his companies. We made a rough calculation in regards to the value of his hotel based on estimated annual revenue from 115 rooms, then discounted the total by 40%. We assume Mr. Hall owns at least 51% of each of his companies. We then calculated the value of his companies based on annual revenue with a 5x multiple. In other words, take this net worth with a grain of salt. Just know he is living well.

Work Experience

  • Dragon on Dragons' Den, CBC Television

  • Executive Chairman and Founder, WeShall Investments Inc.

    WeShall Investments Inc. is a Private Equity Company with ownership of investments in firms located in Canada, the US and the Caribbean in the following industries: Shareholder Advisory, Governance Advisory, Environmental Remediation, Equipment and Parts manufacturing and supply for Oil and Gas Industry, Automated Self-Service Convenience Stores, Ice Cream manufacturing and supply, Bottled Vitamin Water manufacturing and supply, and Executive Recruitment.

  • Chairman and Founder, The BlackNorth Initiative

    The BlackNorth Initiative is committed to increasing the representation of Blacks in the boardrooms and executive suites across Canada.

  • Executive Chairman, QM Environmental

    QM Environmental, a leading national environmental and industrial services provider with over 450 employees.

  • Owner, Titan Supply

    Wes Hall, one of Canada’s most innovative entrepreneurs and leading business people, aquired Titan Supply in 2016 as part of a transaction with Tuckamore Capital Management.

  • Executive Chairman and Founder, Kingsdale Advisors

    As the Founder of Kingsdale Advisors, Mr. Hall has delivered an unparalleled track record of success for North America’s biggest names including: - Air Canada - Barrick - BHP Billiton - Citigroup - CN - CP - Ovintiv - Goldcorp - Talisman - Suncor He has been sought out to lead some of the highest profile deals and activist campaigns in North America including: Enbridge’s $37 billion merger with Spectra Energy, Agrium and Potash Corp.’s $36 billion merger. Tim Hortons’ $12.5 billion merger with Burger King. Pershing Square Capital Management’s campaign to replace the board of Canadian Pacific Railway. Petro Canada’s $19 billion merger with Suncor Energy.

  • Vice President, National Sales, Georgeson Shareholder Communications Canada, Inc.

  • Assistant Corporate Secretary, CanWest Global Communications Corp.

Board Memberships And Advisory Roles

  • Vice Chair Board of Governors, Huron University,

  • Board Member, Jury, National Business Book Award,

  • Board Member, Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce,

  • Member Board Of Directors, Toronto International Film Festival,

  • Member Board Of Directors, Pathways to Education Canada,

Philanthropy

  • Member Board Of Directors, SickKids Foundation

    Mr. Hall is known for his generosity, leveraging his business success to benefit others with a number of impactful charitable initiatives, and serves as a Board Member of the SickKids Foundation.

  • Board Member, The Black Academy

  • Board Member, Pathways to Education

  • Founder and Chairman, The Canadian Council of Business Leaders Against Anti-Black Systemic Racism

Education

  • Honorary Doctorate, Doctor of Laws, Queen's University, 2022

  • Honorary Doctorate, Doctor of Laws, Ryerson University, 2021

  • Honorary Doctorate, Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa, 2021

  • Honorary Doctorate, Doctor of Laws, JD Hon. Causa.Honorary Doctorate , Doctor of Laws, JD Hon. Causa., The University of the West Indies, 2017

  • ICD.D,, Director Education Program, Institute of Corporate Directors, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2011

Accolades

  • Canadian Business Leader of the Year, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, 2022;

  • The Power List: Canada's 50 Most Power Business People, Maclean's, 2022;

  • Global Citizens Award, United Nations Association Canada, 2021;

  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Ontario Chamber of Commerce, 2021;

  • Social Impact Award, Toronto Black Film Festival, 2021;

  • 50 Most Influential Torontonians, Toronto Life, 2020;

  • Communicator of the Year, International Association of Business, 2020;

  • Vice Chancellor's Award, University of the West Indies, 2015;

  • Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Ernst & Young, 2009;

Related Links

  • LinkedIn Profile

  • Twitter: @kingofbaystreet Dragon on @cbcdragon, Founder/Chairman @Kdaleadvisors, @blacknorthca, Host "Between Us with Wes Hall."

  • Instagram: kingofbayst Canada’s first Black Dragon 🐉🇯🇲@cbcdragon. Founder/Chairman @kingsdaleadvisors @blacknorthca. 2022 Canadian Business Leader of the Year

  • Company: Kingsdale Advisors With offices in Toronto and New York, Kingsdale Advisors is the leading advisor to public companies on all shareholder, governance, and transaction-related matters, having acted on the largest and highest profile proxy fights, transactions, and other special situations.

  • Book - Amazon 🇺🇲: "No Bootstraps When You're Barefoot: My Rise from a Jamaican Plantation Shack to the Boardrooms of Bay Street" From one of Canada's most successful business leaders, the founder of the BlackNorth Initiative and the newest and first Black Dragon in the Dragon's Den comes a rags-to-riches story that also carries a profound message of hope and change. Wes Hall spent his early childhood in a zinc-roofed shack, one of several children supported by his grandmother. That was paradise compared to the two years he lived with his verbally abusive and violent mother; at thirteen, his mother threw him out, and he had to live by his wits for the next three years. At sixteen, Wes came to Canada, sponsored by a father he'd only seen a few times as a child, and by the time he was eighteen, he was out of his father's house, once more on his own. Yet Wes Hall went on to become a major entrepreneur, business leader, philanthropist, and change-maker, working his way up from a humble position in a law firm mailroom by way of his intelligence, his curiosity, and his ability to see opportunities that other people don't.

  • Book - Amazon 🇨🇦: "No Bootstraps When You're Barefoot: My Rise from a Jamaican Plantation Shack to the Boardrooms of Bay Street"

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