CONRAD MOFFAT BLACK
Name:Black (of Crossharbour), Conrad Moffat Black, Baron
sex: male
lived: (1944 )
London-based financier, born in Montreal, SE
Canada. He studied at Carleton, Laval, and McGill
universities, and became a businessman. He achieved
control of Argus Corporation, a holding company
controlling a large number of Canadian corporations,
becoming chairman in 1979 and chief executive in 1985.
He repositioned himself in the newspaper business,
buying London's Daily Telegraph (1985),
Quebec's Le Soleil, Ottawa's Le Droit, and
over 40 small newspapers in the USA. He has also earned
some attention as a commentator on economic and
political affairs. He was elevated to the peerage in
1999 but took his seat in 2001 after renouncing his
Canadian citizenship.
Name:Black (of Crossharbour), Conrad Moffat Black, Baron
sex: male
lived: (1944 )
London-based financier, born in Montreal, SE
Canada. He studied at Carleton, Laval, and McGill
universities, and became a businessman. He achieved
control of Argus Corporation, a holding company
controlling a large number of Canadian corporations,
becoming chairman in 1979 and chief executive in 1985.
He repositioned himself in the newspaper business,
buying London's Daily Telegraph (1985),
Quebec's Le Soleil, Ottawa's Le Droit, and
over 40 small newspapers in the USA. He has also earned
some attention as a commentator on economic and
political affairs. He was elevated to the peerage in
1999 but took his seat in 2001 after renouncing his
Canadian citizenship.