Serge Godin
$2.6B
Born
Nov 17, 1949
Age
76
Source of Wealth
Information technology
Residence
Westmount, Quebec
Citizenship
Canada
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
Master of Business Administration, Laval University
- Serge Godin founded Canadian tech firm CGI Group in 1976 at age 26.
- One of nine children, Godin started working for his father (who had just a fifth-grade education) at the family's sawmill at age 12.
- He studied computer science and got an MBA from Quebec's Université Laval, then worked in consulting before using $5,000 in savings to start CGI.
- Godin serves as co-chair of the $10 billion (revenue) company; he was president and CEO until 2006. His daughter, Julie, was appointed executive chair in January 2025.
- He has overseen more than 100 acquisitions, including the 1998 purchase of Bell Sygma, which nearly doubled the size of the company at the time.
- When his father's uninsured mill burned down, a young Godin worked at a convenience store after school and at a dry cleaner's on Saturdays to help pay the bills.
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