The New Titans

Author: Alberta Venture
Changes aplenty in Alberta’s executive suites in 2009 introduced new faces to the province’s boardrooms. But how do companies know they have the right person for the job? by Stephanie Sparks The 2009 financial statements collected for this year’s Venture 100 list revealed radical changes in the boardrooms of Alberta’s top companies. It’s no wonder, considering 2009 [...]

Rebuilding an Empire, Brick by Brick

Author: Alberta Venture
Bill Gregson is turning around Canada’s biggest furniture retailer — with a little help from founder Bill Comrie by Cheryl Mahaffy Photography John Gaucher PROFIT BOUNCE: Brick CEO Bill Gregson has good reason to jump for joy, given the company’s improved showing There’s a sprucing-up going on inside Edmonton’s original Brick store, the brick building with the bold red [...]
With balance sheets written in red last year, companies are betting on a better year ahead By Alberta Venture staff & PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | Illustration by Yarek Waszul V100 Home > Analysis Analysis V100 | Next 100 PWC Private 50 | Largest Employers | Not for Profit 50 Largest Market Capitalization | Crown Corporations Data Visualization Package | Methodology For most [...]
Will Edmonton’s 2017 Expo bid help the city – and the province – mature? by Max Fawcett |  Illustration by Janice Kun At Expo 67 in Montreal, the world was introduced to a new Canada, one with its own flag, its own national anthem and a growing sense of its own identity. Fifty years later, the organizers [...]
One of the pieces of data we collect for the V100 is the year when the company was founded. We wondered, how old (or young) are Alberta’s top businesses? First off we wanted to look at the companies with roots. Below are all the companies that were founded before 1960. Behold the grey eminences of [...]