Top 20 richest Canadians From Canadian Business magazine's 12th annual Rich 100


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No. 8: Jeff Skoll

Age: 45

2010 RANK: 8         2009 RANK: 9         NET WORTH: $3.56B, ?0.8%
HOME: Palo Alto, Calif.         COMPANIES: eBay Inc.

Noble acts:

When the first full time employee of eBay read about pollution, nuclear proliferation and other threats to humankind as a child, he dreamed of changing the world. Skoll now uses his influence and resources to promote social change, supporting causes "where the positive social returns vastly exceed the amount of time and money invested." He backed the production of Oscar-winning climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth, and was one of the first billionaires on the planet to follow the lead of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates by vowing to give away most of his fortune.

No. 12: Carlo Fidani

Age: 56

2010 RANK: 12         2009 RANK: 14         NET WORTH: $2.89B, ?5.6%
HOME: Toronto         COMPANIES: Orlando Corp.

Noble acts: This year, Fidani donated $10 million toward the construction of a $37 million medical school at the University of Toronto. Shortly after assuming control of Orlando Corp. following his father's death a decade ago, he contributed $6 million to Credit Valley Hospital for the construction of its cancer centre.

Fidani's Orlando Group developed Toronto's Bayview Village.