Bob Gaglardi
- Bob Gaglardi founded Northland Properties, which has interests in hotels, restaurants, sports, and construction.
- Gaglardi launched the business in 1963 with a $5,000 loan, opening his first Sandman Inn hotel four years later in British Columbia.
- He continued to put up Sandman Inns throughout Canada, plus expanded into real estate and restaurants.
- In 2011 he and his son, Tom, purchased the then-bankrupt Dallas Stars NHL team in a $240 million deal.
