Galen Weston

Willard Gordon Galen Weston OC CVO OOnt is a British-Canadian businessman and philanthropist as well as Chairman Emeritus of George Weston Limited, a leading food processing and distribution company.

Galen Weston is chairman emeritus of George Weston, the Canadian food and retail giant founded by his grandfather in 1882.
After successfully running grocery and retail stores in Ireland, his father handed him the reins to the struggling Loblaws supermarket chain in 1972.
He turned the company around, by lopping off underperforming stores and redesigning the rest.
His son, Galen Jr., now runs both George Weston Ltd. and Loblaws, which acquired Canadian drugstore chain Shoppers for about $12 billion in July 2013.
Weston also owns a group of upscale retailers: Canada’s Holt Renfrew, Ireland’s Brown Thomas and UK department store Selfridges.

Emeritus of George Weston Limited Galen Weston