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Bruce Flatt | |
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| Born | June 10, 1965 |
| Education | University of Manitoba (BComm) |
| Occupations | CEO of Brookfield Corporation Chairman of Brookfield Asset Management |
| Spouse | Lonti Ebers |
| Website | www |
James Bruce Flatt (born June 10, 1965)[1] is a Canadian businessman and the CEO of Brookfield Corporation. He joined Brookfield in 1990 and became CEO in 2002.[2] He has been referred to as "Canada's Warren Buffett" due to his "value" investment style, extended tenure as CEO, and large investment in Brookfield.[3] As of 2026, he was ranked #612 on Forbes' Billionaires list with a net worth of US$6.8. billion.[4]
Career
[edit]Flatt, whose father was an executive at a Manitoba mutual fund company,[5] was born in Canada in 1965. Following university, Flatt worked as a chartered accountant at Clarkson Gordon.[2] Flatt joined the investment division of Brascan (Brookfield's predecessor) in 1990,[2][6] became chief executive of Brookfield Properties in 2000[3] and CEO of the entire business in 2002.[2]
As CEO of Brookfield Properties, Flatt led Brookfield's response to damage caused by the September 11, 2001 attacks in Lower Manhattan.[7][8] Under Flatt, Brookfield became the second largest alternative-asset manager in the world, following the acquisition of a majority stake in Oaktree Capital Management in 2019.[9]
Flatt and a group of partners own 20% of Brookfield, individually and through a company called Partners Limited.[10]
In February 2026, he stepped down as CEO of Brookfield Asset Management, appointing Connor Teskey as the new CEO. Flatt remained as chairman of BAM and CEO of Brookfield Corporation.[11][12]
Recognition
[edit]Flatt was named CEO of the Year by The Globe and Mail in 2017,[13] 60th in a list of the top 100 best-performing CEOs published by Harvard Business Review in 2018,[14] and one of Bloomberg's 50 people who defined global business in 2019.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Flatt is married to art collector Lonti Ebers, who is the founder of a non-profit organization, Amant, and a trustee and patron of New York City's Museum of Modern Art.[15][16][17]
He was educated at Grant Park High School and studied at the University of Manitoba.[1][18]
Flatt lives in London and New York City.[19]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Shah, Oliver (May 7, 2023). "Brookfield's Bruce Flatt: A recession will help bring people back to their senses". The Sunday Times.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 3 4 "Bruce Flatt of Brookfield on owning the backbone of the global economy". Financial Times. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- 1 2 Morrissey, Janet (December 18, 2010). "Bruce Flatt Pushes Growth for Brookfield Asset Management". New York Times. Archived from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ↑ "Bruce Flatt". Forbes. Retrieved August 4, 2026.
- ↑ Gara, Antoine (May 2, 2017). "Brookfield's Bruce Flatt: Billionaire Toll Collector Of The 21st Century". Forbes. Archived from the original on May 2, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ↑ Reguly, Eric (November 23, 2017). "CEOs of the Year: How Bruce Flatt and the Brookfield four built Canada's most successful international player". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
- ↑ Simon, Bernard (September 23, 2001). "Private Sector; A Landlord at Disaster's Margin". New York Times. Archived from the original on July 20, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ↑ Daly, John (January 31, 2003). "The Toughest SOBs in Business". ROB Magazine. Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- 1 2 Deveau, Scott (December 4, 2019). "Bruce Flatt, the Accountant on a Spending Spree". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ↑ Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (June 14, 2019). "2019 Management Information Circular". Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
- ↑ Cite error: The named reference
:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ↑ Garcia, Luis; Stewart, Robb M. (February 4, 2026). "Brookfield Sees AI as Fuel for Growth, Not Decline". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660.
- ↑ Reguly, Eric (November 23, 2017). "Meet our bargain-hunting, globe-trotting, skyline-dominating, ruthlessly smart CEOs of the Year". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ↑ "The Best-Performing CEOs in the World 2018". Harvard Business Review. November 1, 2018. Archived from the original on October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- ↑ arielhauter (September 10, 2017). "Lonti Ebers". ARTnews. Archived from the original on February 6, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ↑ Loos, Ted (May 4, 2021). "An Arts Patron Widens Her Reach With a Brooklyn Museum". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ↑ "Officers and trustees | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ↑ Crabill, Steven (April 6, 2022). "Brookfield billionaire reveals the secret behind its 3700pc return". Australian Financial Review.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Crabill, Steven (April 5, 2022). "Brookfield Billionaire Flatt Reveals Secret Behind 3,700% Return". Bloomberg.
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