Legend
Inaugural Inductee
Jim Pattison
Entrepreneur Jim Pattison, founder, chairman and CEO of The Jim Pattison Group, has parlayed a GM dealership he bought in 1961 into 25 operating divisions, including food. Jim Pattison Group food retail businesses were recently realigned under the new Pattison Food Group and include well-known Western Canada banners such as Save-On-Foods, Buy-Low Foods, Quality Foods and several others. The noted philanthropist counts among his many accolades the Horatio Alger Award, the Order of Canada and Canadian Business Hall of Fame.