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B I O G R A P H Y
Jay Hennick is the Founder and CEO of FirstService Corporation, a global diversified leader in real estate services through three platforms: commercial real estate; residential property management; and property services. FirstService is listed on the Toronto and NASDAQ stock exchanges, operates in 41 countries around the world and generates more than US$1.7 billion in annualized revenues. The FirstService industry leading service platforms include: Colliers International, the third largest global player in commercial real estate; FirstService Residential Management, the largest manager of residential communities in North America; and TFC, North America's largest provider of property services through franchise and contractor networks.
Before establishing FirstService, Jay completed a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree at York University and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree at the University of Ottawa. He began his career as a corporate lawyer and partner with the law firm of Fogler, Rubinoff LLP in Toronto serving many of Canada's leading corporations, entrepreneurs and business leaders.
During the late 1980's, Jay sought to establish a company of his own. As a teenager, he showed his entrepreneurial spirit by founding Superior Pools, a company that provides lifeguards and other staffing for swimming pools and recreation facilities at apartments, condominiums, hotels and academic institutions. His investment in and leadership of Superior Pools created the foundation to fund his education and career as a lawyer.
After raising money from family and friends, Jay established FirstService in 1989, with Superior Pools becoming the first service of the company.
In 1998, at the age of forty-one, Jay received Ontario's Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Consumer Services and Canada's coveted Entrepreneur of the Year award for creative service integration. In December 2001, Jay was named Canada's CEO of the year by Canadian Business Magazine.
Together with his wife Barbara, Jay established The Jay and Barbara Hennick Foundation which contributes annually to a variety of causes primarily in the areas of education and medical research. Jay is a member of the Executive Committee and Treasurer of The Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and Barbara is Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation.
Jay and Barbara Hennick also founded The Hennick Center for Business and Law, a joint program of the Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business at York University. The Hennick Centre is at the forefront of business and legal issues in Canada and is lead by Edward Waitzer, the former Chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission together with an advisory committee comprising some of Canada's leading academics and business leaders.
Jay was also the founder and inspiration behind the combined Jay Hennick LL.B.-MBA Program at the University of Ottawa Law School.
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