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At Best Startup Canada we track over 100,000 Canadian startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Alberta based President operating in the Real Estate space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Dan White-Edmonton
President and Chief Executive Officer of Symmetry Asset Management
Canadian businessman and real estate entrepreneur Dan White is the President and CEO of Symmetry Asset Management Inc. Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Symmetry Asset Management Inc. is an international acquisition, finance, development and operations company that facilitates collaboration and growth in the green energy innovations sector and the urban revitalization, pulp mills, and other wood related operations industries. Dan White’s thirty year career began overseas during the 1970s when he worked as a marketing consultant for an Italian resources company. White developed the company’s North American marketing plan for gold and diamond manufacturing. He was also responsible for supplying gold and diamonds directly from manufacturing facilities to the company’s international representatives worldwide. Dan White moved back to Canada in the late 70’s and settled in Alberta’s capital, Edmonton. After arriving in the prairie city, White was inspired to work in restoring and converting small scale single building projects in the southern Alberta area. White’s attention to detail soon earned him attention across the province, particularly after he was invited to participate in the first federally funded social housing project in Edmonton history. The two-part project had White renovating and revitalizing a heritage warehouse and office building into modern condominiums. In 2009, Edmonton’s Dan White began working at Symmetry Asset Management Inc., where he has since then actively supervised and managed the company’s expansion and growth process. White also directs the company’s major acquisitions and development in residential lands, industrial plants, and pulp and paper mills. Aside from leading Symmetry Asset Management, Dan White is also the active Chairman of the Board for Eco Industrial Business Park Inc. The board is currently committed to redeveloping and revitalizing a central Alberta energy plant that was abandoned. Plans for the site renewal include an ecologically-managed, environmentally-sustainable, mixed-use industrial park. The massive overhaul is expected to facilitate business growth in central Alberta, as well as benefit the lives of Edmontonians through the new and upgraded infrastructure. Throughout his career, White has worked to enhance the communities that he lives in. With more than three decades of experience, his hard work and diligence is well known throughout the city of Edmonton and the surrounding area. In his leisure time, Dan White enjoys an active lifestyle of mountain biking, exercising, and gardening. He is also loves spending time with his family and friends.
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About Empire Acquisition Team, Symmetry Asset Management: Real estate development firm working in the Edmonton area.
Amr Awad
Regional Vice President of Holloway Lodging
Awad has been in hospitality operations (national and international) for 26 years, having held senior managerial and General Manager roles with numerous brands and property types. He is a respected leader in the hospitality academic arena having designed and taught various hospitality programs for domestic and international universities and colleges. Awad is a Director with the Alberta Hotel & Lodging Association, a Certified Hotel Administrator and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration.
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About Holloway Lodging: Holloway Lodging Corporation is a corporation focused on select and limited service hotels in tertiary and suburban markets.
J. C. Stefan Spicer
President, CEO & Director of Central Fund of Canada
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About Central Fund of Canada: Gold, Silver, Investments
Don Gregory
Vice President, Development and Construction (West) of Primaris
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About Primaris: Primaris is a market leader in shopping centre management, attracting a mix of national and local retailers.
Yuin Kim
President of Zwerver Development Ltd.
A real estate investor with decades of experience, Yuin Kim manages day-to-day operations at Zwerver Development, Ltd., of Calgary, Alberta. As president and project manager with the firm, he researches investment opportunities not only in Western Canada but also in the United States. After locating an attractive property, Yuin Kim acts to purchase and improve upon it via new construction and redevelopment projects. For instance, Yuin Kim’s condominium conversion initiative in Calgary, Alberta, was the second such initiative in Zwerver’s history. The project encompassed 40 condos situated very close to the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Demand was so strong for the condos that they pre-sold in one 24-hour period. The first condominium conversion initiative Yuin Kim and Zwerver undertook occurred after the company noted price increases for raw land. The firm decided to convert a portion of their holdings into 32 condos, which sold out before the project was even completed. Demand was strong enough in the lead-up to the project’s completion to increase the average value of each unit by about $100,000.
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About Zwerver Development Ltd.: Zwerver Development Ltd. is a building developer in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Richard Crenian
President of ReDev Properties
Since founding the Canadian owned company ReDev Properties in 2001, Richard Crenian has taken a long-term investment approach with Canadian real estate, which has been responsible for the consistent growth of the company with a portfolio of over 25 commercial properties throughout Western Canada. Starting at the tender age of 12, Richard began to develop his entrepreneurial skills through the selling of diaries. What initially started as a way to purchase his very first suit, quickly morphed into a career, when at 16, Richard began selling vacuum cleaners to support himself and fund his way through high school. Richard then went on to excel as an office equipment salesman with Pitney & Bowes, quickly becoming one of the youngest sales managers throughout Canada at the age of 19. He relished in such personal achievements as being among the top three Canadian sales representative and partaking in the top branch of the year award, all of which resulting in Richard becoming one of the highest paid sales professional throughout the country. At the age of 21, Richard started what would become ReDev properties in Saskatchewan, Canada. Starting with the initial development of multi-family residential rental units, the company has built more than 11,000 apartments and condominiums, as well as numerous retail shopping centers in the marketplace that have collectively topped over one billion dollars in revenue. Always one to lend a helping hand, Richard has served as a Governor for Junior Achievement and was appointed to the advisory board of the University of Saskatchewan, College of Commerce. He is also a founding member of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization in Saskatchewan and a member of the World President Organization, having graduated from the Young President Organization in 2009. Richard regularly supports causes such as the Daily Food Bank, Covenant House, the Baycrest Alzheimer’s Foundation, Sunny Brook Hospital Toronto and theNext36.ca.
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About ReDev Properties: ReDev Properties is a Canadian owned and operated commercial real estate asset management company.
Matthew Birch
President of GC Lifeline
Matthew Birch is currently the Controller and Director of Warehouse Operations for Overhead Door Company of Edmonton. During his two years as a member of the senior management team Matthew has implemented several significant procedural improvements that have contributed to an average annual revenue growth of 22% and average annual operating profit growth of 30%. Prior to working for Overhead Door Matthew worked six years for Wesgroup Equipment, one of Canada’s largest Bobcat Dealerships (including 10 separate locations throughout BC). During that time Matthew was involved in two significant acquisitions, playing a large role in both the implementation of new software systems, consolidating of accounting and administrative functions, and development & deployment of new operational and financial reporting structure. As GC Lifeline is currently in the start-up phase Matthew continues to hold his role with Overhead Door while attending to his responsibilities as President of GC Lifeline.
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About GC Lifeline: GC Lifeline is an internet based software company designed to help home owners become more organized, and to help businesses.
Ryan Suchet
President of Capital Growth Financial Corporation
Business Consultant, Capital Introducer, Serial Entrepreneur. Currently owner/president of Capital Growth Financial Corporation, a commission advance company offering advances to Canadian realtors and real estate agents. Through our partnerships with real estate offices and brokerages, we are fast becoming one of the largest commission advance companies in Canada.: [Capital Growth](http://www.CapitalGrowth.ca)
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About Capital Growth Financial Corporation, Heat Maps: We are a commission advance company, offering advances to Canadian realtors and real estate agents.
Ryan Suchet
President of Capital Growth Financial Corporation
Business Consultant, Capital Introducer, Serial Entrepreneur. Currently owner/president of Capital Growth Financial Corporation, a commission advance company offering advances to Canadian realtors and real estate agents. Through our partnerships with real estate offices and brokerages, we are fast becoming one of the largest commission advance companies in Canada.: [Capital Growth](http://www.CapitalGrowth.ca)
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About Capital Growth Financial Corporation, Heat Maps: We are a commission advance company, offering advances to Canadian realtors and real estate agents.
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