Jim Pattison
Jim Pattison
James Allen "Jim" Pattison, OC, OBCis a Canadian business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is based in Vancouver. He is the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and sole owner of the Jim Pattison Group, the second largest privately held company in Canada, making him Canada's 4th richest person...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth1 October 1928
CountryCanada
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My grade 3 teacher put on a kids' Christmas concert, and I played the kazoo, so my mother bought me a trumpet. I took lessons for eight years, was in the Kitsilano Boys Band, and I played in the Vancouver Junior Symphony for two years.
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Radio had been very good to me as a car dealer. It's flexible, and it's fast - you can get on the air in an hour and change your message - and compared to other types of media, it's very good value.
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I've made more mistakes than anyone I know. Sometimes I learned something, and sometimes I just find myself doing it again. It makes me mad when I wasn't smart enough to learn the first time. You just think it's going to be different the next time, and it's not, as it turns out.
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I've always believed that competition is good for consumers and good for businesses.
When I was 8 years old, I sold garden seeds.
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My dad made a huge impact on me in terms of right and wrong.
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When you live in Vancouver, you realize most of the population is in eastern North America.
We all fail - I have failed so many times, but it never discourages me. I just pick up and go.
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It's quite normal to hear of a change and see it as a problem, but it's probably an opportunity, depending on how quickly you can adjust.
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I've got a lot of respect for tuba players, just carrying that thing around.
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No matter what business you are in, there is change, and it's happening pretty quickly.
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When I came out of high school, my objective in life was to get a job selling used cars, but after trying for two weeks, nobody would hire me.
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Today, public companies don't like the idea of conglomerates. People want to buy something in which they know where they are putting their money - into the food business or the oil and gas business. They don't want to put their money into a hodge-podge as a general rule.
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During school, I'd advertise cars in the University of British Columbia newspaper.