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... (Jimmy) Pattison
October 1st 1928 to ---------
Introduction
James A. (Jimmy) Pattison is the sole proprietor of the Jim Pattison Group, the 3rd largest privately owned company in Canada. It all started with
$40 000 loan and a used car dealership, and it has turned into a business empire and it is all because of one good salesman, “Jimmy did it himself”
Characteristics
Jimmy Pattison is described as clear-cut, decisive and to the point. ...
Jimmy Pattison’s education, in the way of post secondary, is nonexistent. ...
Jimmy was a born salesman. ...
Jim Pattison has what every entrepreneur needs, the ability to sell. ... There have been references to Jimmy as something at the same level as sea scum, which sort of puts you in the light of people not liking him.
Early Years
Jim Pattison’s inspiration for starting his own business was his love for cars. He used to sell used cars on a street curb to get through university, then he went to work for Dan McLean at a used car lot, when McLean moved and became a partner in a GM dealership, Bowell McLean Motor Dealership, Jimmy when with him to manage the used car lot, within 8 months he was managing two other lots for McLean.
Approximate Word count = 780
Approximate Pages = 3.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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