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Canada's Richest People Now Include Uber Co-Founder, Online Poker Mogul

Some New Faces Among Canada's Richest People

Thirty-nine Canadians have made Forbes’ list of billionaires for 2015, among a record 1,826 people worldwide worth more than US$1 billion.

Canada’s four richest people didn’t change from last year. David Thomson, owner of the Thomson Reuters media empire, is still Canada’s richest person, with a net worth of US$25.5 billion.

There are some new faces among Canada’s top 10 richest people, including Mark Scheinberg, co-founder of PokerStars, at 10th place with a net worth of $4.1 billion.

Also new to the top echelons is Garrett Camp, co-founder and chairman of car service Uber. With a net worth of US$5.3 billion, he’s Canada’s eighth wealthiest person and the 283rd-richest person in the world.

Most of the top 10 saw their wealth increase over the past year. Galen Weston of Loblaws fame saw his fortune soar by US$1.1 billion over the past year, to US$9.6 billion. That buyout of Shoppers Drug Mart sure worked magic.

But the most notable jump in wealth belongs to Joseph Tsai. The Chinese-Canadian co-founder of Alibaba saw his fortune soar to US$5.9 billion, from US$3.7 billion, after Alibaba IPO’d on the New York Stock Exchange last year.

Here are Canada’s 10 richest people, according to Forbes:

10. Mark Scheinberg

Richest Canadians, According To Forbes

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