Stephen A. Jarislowsky

Stephen A. Jarislowsky was born in Berlin, Germany in September 1925. He attended public and high school in the Netherlands and France and emigrated to the United States in 1941. He attended preparatory school in Asheville, North Carolina, studied mechanical engineering at Cornell University and then served in the US Army. He finished basic training and studied Japanese at the University of Chicago prior to serving in Counter-Intelligence in Japan after the War.

On return to the United States in 1946, he returned to the University of Chicago, graduating with an MA and Phi Beta Kappa Honors. He followed this with MBA studies at Harvard Business School, graduating in 1949.

He worked three years with Alcan Aluminum in Montreal and briefly returned to the United States prior to starting Jarislowsky, Fraser & Company Limited in June 1955 in Montreal.

Now Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and former President of the firm for 40 years, he has directed the growth of the company to become one of the largest and most successful investment management firms in Canada.

Mr. Jarislowsky has been active in other corporations, participated in educational, cultural and charitable activities of many kinds, endowed seven University S.A. Jarislowsky Chairs and contributes frequently to television, radio, magazines and newspapers.

His hobbies are his family, gardening, tennis, walking, good wines, art and literature.

He is a recipient of the Order of Canada, Honorary LL.D. from Queen's and the University of Alberta, as well as the Université de Montréal.