
Galen Weston
Chief Executive Officer at GEORGE WESTON LIMITED
Net worth: 12 050 M $ as of 2025-01-30
Profile
Willard Gordon Galen Weston, OC, OOnt (born October 29, 1940) is an English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist as well as Executive Chairman of George Weston Limited, a leading food processing and distribution company. W. Galen Weston and family, with an estimated net worth of $US 8.9 billion, are listed as the second wealthiest in Canada and 147th in the world by Forbes magazine (March 2014).
In addition to being one of the country’s leading bakers through wholly owned subsidiary Weston Foods, Galen Weston is also an experienced supermarket retailer who maintains controlling interest in Loblaw Companies, Canada’s largest food retailer, through a family holding company. Weston is also head of the world’s second largest luxury goods retailer as Chairman of Holt Renfrew in Canada and the Selfridges Group, owner of Selfridges in the United Kingdom, Brown Thomas of Ireland, the De Bijenkorf department store chain in the Netherlands, and the recently acquired Ogilvy department store in Montreal. W. Galen Weston is Chairman of The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, a family-based private charitable trust which has made close to $200 million in donations over the past decade.
Early years
W. Galen Weston was born to Reta and W. Garfield Weston at Marlow, Buckinghamshire, near London, England, in October 1940 – the youngest of nine children. Garfield, a Canadian businessman whose father George Weston established George Weston Limited, had successfully expanded overseas during the 1930s by acquiring and modernising biscuit and bread factories throughout the United Kingdom. In 1945, Weston and family returned to Canada but moved frequently as Garfield pursued various business ventures, which included supermarket chains in North America and Europe. Growing up, Galen Weston worked in the stores that comprised his father’s retail holdings. He once noted, “I’ve been a bag boy a thousand times in five languages.”
Ireland
In 1961, after studying business administration at the University of Western Ontario, Galen Weston moved to Dublin to set up a grocery store with his own money. A second location followed and the outlets evolved into the “Powers” chain of supermarkets. Weston found the Irish Republic a land of opportunity:
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Known holdings in public companies
Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
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GEORGE WESTON LIMITED
58.92% | 2025-01-30 | 76,623,586 ( 58.92% ) | 11 843 M $ | 2025-01-30 |
2024-12-30 | 16,684,738 ( 5.09% ) | 148 M $ | 2025-01-30 | |
LOBLAW COMPANIES LIMITED
0.16% | 2024-12-30 | 473,636 ( 0.16% ) | 59 M $ | 2025-01-30 |
Latest news about Galen Weston
Galen Weston active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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LOBLAW COMPANIES LIMITED | Chairman | 2014-07-16 |
GEORGE WESTON LIMITED | Chief Executive Officer | 2017-01-18 |
Wittington Investments Ltd. (Canada)
![]() Wittington Investments Ltd. (Canada) Financial ConglomeratesFinance Wittington Investments Ltd. invests in variety of asset class. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Chairman | - |
Loblaws Supermarkets Ltd.
![]() Loblaws Supermarkets Ltd. Food RetailRetail Trade Loblaws Supermarkets Ltd. operates as food retail stores in Canada. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Chairman | - |
Weston Family Foundation | President | - |
The W. Garfield Weston Foundation | President | - |
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
![]() Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Hospital/Nursing ManagementHealth Services Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre owns and manages hospitals. It operates as an academic health sciences center. The firm?s services encompass treating and preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, orthopedic and arthritic conditions, and traumatic injuries. It focuses on areas of heart and stroke, cancer, trauma, emergency, and critical care, and women and babies. The firm caters to the war veterans, high risk pregnancies, critically-ill newborns, adults, and the elderly. The company was founded on June 12, 1948 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Director/Board Member | - |
The Consumer Goods Forum
![]() The Consumer Goods Forum Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Consumer Goods Forum operates as a business association. The company was founded in and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. | Director/Board Member | - |
President’s Choice Bank
![]() President’s Choice Bank Regional BanksFinance President's Choice Bank engages in the provision of financial services. It offers banking, credit and access card facilities, leasing, housing and general finance, investment banking, wealth and funds management, life insurance and custodian, trustee and nominee services. The company was founded on April 9, 1999 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Chairman | - |
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Training of Galen Weston
Harvard University | Undergraduate Degree |
Columbia Business School | Masters Business Admin |
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Linked companies
Listed companies | 3 |
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GEORGE WESTON LIMITED | Retail Trade |
CHOICE PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST | Finance |
LOBLAW COMPANIES LIMITED | Retail Trade |
Private companies | 11 |
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The Consumer Goods Forum
![]() The Consumer Goods Forum Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Consumer Goods Forum operates as a business association. The company was founded in and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. | Commercial Services |
Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. (Investment Management)
![]() Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. (Investment Management) Investment ManagersFinance Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. (Investment Management) (CGML-IM) is the investment management division of UK-based Citigroup Global Markets Ltd., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) in the US. The firm was founded in 1983 as Stockrobe Ltd. Headquartered in London, CGML-IM provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial services and products. | Finance |
President’s Choice Bank
![]() President’s Choice Bank Regional BanksFinance President's Choice Bank engages in the provision of financial services. It offers banking, credit and access card facilities, leasing, housing and general finance, investment banking, wealth and funds management, life insurance and custodian, trustee and nominee services. The company was founded on April 9, 1999 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Finance |
President's Choice Financial
![]() President's Choice Financial Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance President's Choice Financial provides banking services. It focuses on payment and loyalty, engaging shoppers through its MasterCard credit card products and PC Plus. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Finance |
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
![]() Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Hospital/Nursing ManagementHealth Services Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre owns and manages hospitals. It operates as an academic health sciences center. The firm?s services encompass treating and preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, orthopedic and arthritic conditions, and traumatic injuries. It focuses on areas of heart and stroke, cancer, trauma, emergency, and critical care, and women and babies. The firm caters to the war veterans, high risk pregnancies, critically-ill newborns, adults, and the elderly. The company was founded on June 12, 1948 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Health Services |
Wittington Investments Ltd. (Canada)
![]() Wittington Investments Ltd. (Canada) Financial ConglomeratesFinance Wittington Investments Ltd. invests in variety of asset class. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Finance |
Selfridges Group Ltd.
![]() Selfridges Group Ltd. Specialty StoresRetail Trade Selfridges Group Ltd. provides luxury shopping services. It operates a lifestyle store, department stores, and fashion and beauty stores in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and Galway, Ireland; fashion and lifestyle stores in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, and Toronto, Canada; and department stores in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The company was founded by Galen G. Weston in 1971 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. | Retail Trade |
The W. Garfield Weston Foundation | |
Weston Family Foundation | Miscellaneous |
Loblaws Supermarkets Ltd.
![]() Loblaws Supermarkets Ltd. Food RetailRetail Trade Loblaws Supermarkets Ltd. operates as food retail stores in Canada. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Retail Trade |
Provigo Distribution, Inc. |
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