RE: chinMichael Lee-Chin
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The HonourableMichael Lee-Chin, OJ (born 1951) is a Jamaican-Canadianinvestor. He is the founder and Chairman of Portland Holdings Inc., aprivately held investment company which owns a collection of diversifiedoperating companies in sectors that include media, tourism, health caretelecommunications and financial services. Amongst other positions, heis currently Executive Chairman of AIC Limited (a Canadian mutual fund), and the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica. In the latest Forbes Billionaires List, he was placed at number 701, with assets worth around $1.0 billion.[2] (Though Lee-Chin's wealth has been as high as $2.5 billion in the past.) Canadian Business has named him as one of the richest people in Canada. He is also a philanthropist. In 2003, he made headlines when he donated $30 million to the Royal Ontario Museum(ROM). Michael Lee-Chin also provided a $10 million gift to the RotmanSchool of Management at the University of Toronto. The gift establishedthe Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship at theRotman School of Management, University of Toronto. The Lee-ChinInstitute's purpose is to help current and future business leadersintegrate corporate citizenship into business strategy and practices. (https://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/lee-chininstitute) [3]