Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien
Canadian media entrepreneur and businessman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien OC (born January 12, 1928)[1] is a Canadian media proprietor, who was chairman and CEO of Telemedia. He founded the company in 1968, and went on to acquire a number of radio stations in Quebec and Ontario, and launched magazines such as Canadian Living, Harrowsmith and the Canadian editions of ELLE and TV Guide.
In 1990, together with his wife (the former Nan Bowles O'Connell, an American whom he married in 1956; they have three children), he launched The Business Families Foundation (BFF), a non-profit charitable organization established in Canada to help business families in Canada and abroad.[2]
He was educated at the Université de Montréal, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in 1952, and at Harvard University, receiving his MBA in 1954. He was also a key organizer behind Expo 67. Beaubien was chairman of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters in 1973 and 1974, and was the founder, president and honorary chairman of participACTION.