Wes Hall is the Executive Chairman and Founder of Kingsdale Advisors, WeShall Investments and The BlackNorth Initiative. Wes is also a Dragon on CBC's Dragons' Den, Author of "No Bootstraps When You're Barefoot" and serves as a board member of the SickKids Foundation, Pathways to Education, The Black Academy, is a Member of the Board of Governors at Huron University and was the 2022 Canadian Business Leader of the Year.
In this episode, we discuss...
Coming to Canada from Jamaica in 1985
From his job doing a paper route to his big break on Bay Street
How he started Kingsdale Advisors
How he recruited his initial team at Kingsdale
How he landed his first big deal, a $18B takeover of Falconbridge by Xstrata
The importance of luck in business and how you can create it
Why he started the BlackNorth Initiative due to barriers he faced as a black man on Bay Street
The barriers that BIPOC people in Canada face and how we can remove them
The importance of and how to build relationships for the long term
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