Rank #2389
John Phillips
Net worth $1.7B
investments · Canada
- Born
- Jan 01, 1951
- Age
- 75
- Source
- investments
- Residence
- Toronto
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Law Degree, University of Toronto; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Toronto (Trinity College)
Net worth over time
Biography
- John Phillips is an angel investor who made an early bet on Shopify, a Canadian e-commerce software company.
- He and his wife Catherine Phillips together own an estimated 2% of Shopify.
- John served on Shopify's board of directors from 2010 to 2023.
- The couple has invested in a slew of other early-stage companies that are lesser known, like Virtual Marine Technology and Sequence Bio.
- John previously spent 25 years as a corporate lawyer, including as general counsel at telecom firm Clearnet Communications.
- The Phillips' Northpine Foundation has donated hundreds of millions to organizations focused on climate, refugees and formerly incarcerated individuals.
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