Posted AT 9:50 AM EDT on 13/06/06
Kenneth Thomson boldly transformed his family's empire
Kenneth Thomson and his wife, Marilyn, were standing by themselves and looking perfectly unbillionaire-like at a reception at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall a few years ago. I bounded over to say hello and the conversation somehow turned to London, where they had apartment.
I asked whether they were still regular visitors. "We don't go very often," Marilyn said. I asked why, expecting an anodyne remark about the strain of overseas flights or grandchild commitments at home.
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