Onex - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jun 2014
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A Private Equity Pioneer Thrives in the Shadows

Keywords: Onex; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

top Gerald W. Schwartz (MBA 1970) Founder and Chairman, Onex Corporation In the blood: “My father was a through-and-through entrepreneur. He had everything from a salvage yard to a machine shop to a retail auto-parts store in Winnipeg,... View Details

16 May 2024
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On the Job

finding his way back to Wall Street, Schwartz returned to his native Canada, and in 1984 founded Onex Corporation, a private equity firm built on the values that changed the trajectory of his life so many years ago. Gerald Schwartz: I... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2009
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HBS Art Collection Now Online

As a student at HBS, Gerald Schwartz (MBA ’70) says the only thing missing was an artistic presence. For the past decade, Schwartz, founder and CEO of Onex Corporation, a private-equity firm in Toronto, has been on a mission to bring... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

24 Apr 2014
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The art of thinking creatively

presence was the only thing missing at HBS when I went there,” says Schwartz, founder and CEO of Onex Corp., a Toronto-based private-equity and investment firm. “I wanted to change that.” Offices at Onex, which invests in everything from... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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A Canadian Hero

revenues of $15 billion, ONEX is involved with over one hundred companies spanning two dozen industries on six continents. In addition to his success in business, Schwartz was praised for his work as a philanthropist and a Canadian... View Details

01 Sep 2005
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New Art

other depicts three old men in party hats dangling their feet into an open grave. “Mixing provocative, thoughtful art in amongst the students enriches the learning experience and sparks creative thinking,” says Schwartz, president and CEO of Toronto-based View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Apr 2019
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Community Celebrates Dedication of Schwartz Common and Pavilion

with the buildings around it. Schwartz is the founder and CEO of Onex Corporation. He has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada and inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame. He and his wife live in Toronto, where... View Details

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