General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> December 1, 1997
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 U.S. 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 M.A. and Phi Beta Kappa Honors. He followed this with MBA
studies at Harvard Business School, graduating in 1949. He worked three
years with Alcan Aluminium 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 37 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 three 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. Profile
description or profile or your firm?
Mr. Jarislowsky: We manage about $12 billion in Canada and our funds
are largely
