Accolades for city’s Richardson family
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WINNIPEG’S first family of business is being recognized for its work both inside and outside of the boardroom.
At a gala dinner Oct. 15 in Calgary, the Richardson family will receive the EY Family Business Award of Excellence for its continued stewardship of James Richardson & Sons, Ltd.
This marks the first time the award has been presented to a company on the Prairies.
“It’s an iconic company that weaves through the Prairies, Winnipeg particularly, but it’s really a global corporation headquartered on the Prairies. It’s been a family business that has grown and evolved to successive heights of success over that period,” said Joe Healey, EY’s office managing partner for Winnipeg.
Like other successful family businesses, he said the Richardsons are able to balance both commerce and family dynamics at the same time.
Hartley Richardson, president and CEO of JRSL, said after more than 150 years in business, the company is constantly exploring new ideas and seeking new opportunities.
“We are continually thinking of what’s next and how we can ensure that our family business, along with our personnel and our communities, will continue to prosper.”
In addition to building one of the largest privately owned businesses in Canada, the Richardsons have a long history of giving back to the community, either through their own Richardson Foundation, which supports registered Canadian charitable organizations in the visual and performing arts, youth initiatives, education and environmental issues, or through other organizations, such as the United Way.
But there’s no denying the company’s success in its core areas of agriculture, energy, real estate and financial services. Earlier this year, Canadian Business magazine ranked the family as the eighth-richest in the country with a net worth of $5.05 billion in 2014, up 14 per cent from the year before.
Richardson’s cousin, Carolyn (Richardson) Hursh, chairwoman of JRSL, will accept the award on behalf of the family at the EY Prairies Entrepreneur of the Year gala.
geoff.kirbyson@freepress.mb.ca