Richard Fortin (born 1949/1950) is a Canadian

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businessman, and a director, co-founder and former chief financial officer and chairman of the convenience store chain

Couche-Tard Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., or simply Couche-Tard, is a Canadian multinational operator of convenience stores. The company has 15,000 stores across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuani ...

Early life

Fortin earned a bachelor's degree in management with a major in finance from

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in Quebec City.

Career

Fortin worked in finance for 13 years, and was a vice-president of the Canadian subsidiary of

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. In 1984, he was a co-founder of Couche-Tard. From 1984 to 2008 he was chief financial officer, and chairman from 2008 to 2011. Fortin is a director of

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. From 2013 to 2018, he was a director of the

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. In March 2019, Couche-Tard's rising share price meant that Fortin became a billionaire.

References

Living people Canadian billionaires Chief financial officers Canadian company founders Université Laval alumni Canadian chairpersons of corporations 1948 births {{Canada-business-bio-stub