3. Jim Pattinson

•  Net Worth: $5.5 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: diversified, inherited and growing
  
•  Citizen: Canada
•  Age: 81

Being the third richest Canadian, Jim Pattinson has a net worth of $5.5 Billions. He deals in businesses of different commodities. He resides in the city of Vancouver which is in province of British Columbia. He founded Jim Pattinson Group in the year 1961 and today that group is entirely owned by him. He draws his fortune from this group which is involved in diversified business. The group employs over 34,000 people and nets $7.3 Billion in sales. Its offices are spread over 455 locations across the world.  He received Order of British Columbia on June 21,1990 and got Order of Canada in April of 1987.