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Indian-Canadian businessman (born 1950)

Prem WatsaCM (born 5 August 1950) is an Indian-Canadian billionaire businessman who is the founder, chairman, and chief executive of Fairfax Financial Holdings, based in Toronto.^[2][3][4][5] He has been called the "Canadian Warren Buffett."^[6][7] He was awarded the fourth highest civilian award of India, Padma Shri, in January 2020.^[8][9][10]

Early life and education

Watsa was born in Hyderabad, India.

He attended Hyderabad Public School and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras^[11][12] where he graduated with a degree in chemical engineering. He later moved to London, Ontario, and went to the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, where he earned an MBA.

Watsa left India with US$8, sold furnaces and air conditioners to financially support his university education.^[dub