Published on Dec 7, 2015
In
addition to acting as a guest speaker on February 16, Mr. Prem Watsa,
Chairman and CEO, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. has invited Dr.
Athanassakos and a group of his Value Investing MBA and HBA students to
attend the Fairfax annual meeting of shareholders on Wednesday, April
20, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After the annual
meeting, students will have an opportunity to meet Mr. Watsa and his
team.
Mr. Watsa is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., a financial services holding company,
which he took over in 1985. The company, through its subsidiaries, is
engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, as well as
investment management. Mr. Watsa is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a
graduate of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology with a degree
in Chemical Engineering and a holder of an MBA from the Ivey Business
School at Western University. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of
the Hospital for Sick Children, a member of the Advisory Board for the
Ivey Business School and a member of the Board of Directors of the Royal
Ontario Museum Foundation, as well as Chairman of the Investment
Committee of St. Paul’s Anglican Church.
Fairfax has been one of
the few companies to escape the ravages of the great recession of 2008
as Mr. Watsa and his team had anticipated the credit crisis and had
taken the necessary steps to protect Fairfax . Mr. Watsa, also known as
the Buffett of the North, had discussed his fears about the markets in a
key note speech he gave to The Ben Graham Center of Value Investing
First Annual Symposium on Value Investing on May 25, 2007. His key note
speech can be viewed here.
For more on Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., see www.fairfax.ca
addition to acting as a guest speaker on February 16, Mr. Prem Watsa,
Chairman and CEO, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. has invited Dr.
Athanassakos and a group of his Value Investing MBA and HBA students to
attend the Fairfax annual meeting of shareholders on Wednesday, April
20, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After the annual
meeting, students will have an opportunity to meet Mr. Watsa and his
team.
Mr. Watsa is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., a financial services holding company,
which he took over in 1985. The company, through its subsidiaries, is
engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, as well as
investment management. Mr. Watsa is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a
graduate of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology with a degree
in Chemical Engineering and a holder of an MBA from the Ivey Business
School at Western University. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of
the Hospital for Sick Children, a member of the Advisory Board for the
Ivey Business School and a member of the Board of Directors of the Royal
Ontario Museum Foundation, as well as Chairman of the Investment
Committee of St. Paul’s Anglican Church.
Fairfax has been one of
the few companies to escape the ravages of the great recession of 2008
as Mr. Watsa and his team had anticipated the credit crisis and had
taken the necessary steps to protect Fairfax . Mr. Watsa, also known as
the Buffett of the North, had discussed his fears about the markets in a
key note speech he gave to The Ben Graham Center of Value Investing
First Annual Symposium on Value Investing on May 25, 2007. His key note
speech can be viewed here.
For more on Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., see www.fairfax.ca
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