Canada's richest people in 2025 were revealed and some billionaires don't have degrees
You don't need a university degree to be a billionaire! 🤑
Chip Wilson. Right: Garrett Camp.
A new ranking of Canada's billionaires for 2025 was recently released.
It turns out that a few of the richest people in Canada don't have university degrees!
Forbes shared the 2025 World's Billionaires List on April 1 which revealed who the richest people are and how much money they're worth.
There are more Canadian billionaires this year than last year.
According to Forbes, there are 76 billionaires in Canada in 2025, up from 67 in 2024 and 63 in 2023.
These are the top 10 richest people in Canada this year and their net worths:
- Changpeng Zhao — $62.9 billion
- Sherry Brydson — $16.7 billion
- David Cheriton — $14.3 billion
- Joseph Tsai — $12.1 billion
- Jim Pattison — $11.4 billion
- David Thomson — $10.2 billion
- Taylor Thomson — $10.2 billion
- Peter Thomson — $10.2 billion
- Tobi Lutke — $8.9 billion
- Linda Campbell — $8 billion
You might think that these billionaires have bachelor's degrees, master's degrees and PhDs.
While some do, there are a few of the richest people in Canada who made their billions without a university degree.
So, here are the degrees — if any — that some of Canada's billionaires have, according to Forbes.
Explore this list 👀
David Cheriton
Rank: 163rd in the world
Net worth: $14.3 billion
Education: Bachelor of Arts and Science from the University of British Columbia, a doctorate form the University of Waterloo, and a Master of Science from the University of Waterloo
Joseph Tsai
Rank: 195th in the world
Net worth: $12.1 billion
Education: Bachelor of Arts and Science from Yale University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Yale University
David Thomson
Rank: 264th in the world
Net worth: $10.2 billion
Education: Master of Arts from the University of Cambridge
Tobi Lutke
Rank: 337th in the world
Net worth: $8.9 billion
Education: Dropped out of school at 16 years old
Chip Wilson
Rank: 498th in the world
Net worth: $6.8 billion
Education: Bachelor of Arts and Science from the University of Calgary
Mark Scheinberg
Rank: 581st in the world
Net worth: $6 billion
Education: Dropped out of Fanshawe College
Daryl Katz
Rank: 605th in the world
Net worth: $5.8 billion
Education: Bachelor of Arts and Science from the University of Alberta and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Alberta
Stephen Smith
Rank: 605th in the world
Net worth: $5.8 billion
Education: Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Queens University
Anthony von Mandl
Rank: 620th in the world
Net worth: $5.7 billion
Education: Bachelor of Arts and Science from the University of British Columbia
Bruce Flatt
Rank: 639th in the world
Net worth: $5.5 billion
Education: Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Manitoba
Leonid Boguslavsky
Rank: 688th in the world
Net worth: $5.2 billion
Education: Master of Science from the Moscow Institute for Transport Engineering
Mark Leonard and family
Rank: 688th in the world
Net worth: $5.2 billion
Education: Bachelor of Arts and Science from the University of Guelph and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario — Richard Ivey School of Business
Bob Gaglardi and family
Rank: 700th in the world
Net worth: $5.1 billion
Education: Bachelor of Engineering from Letourneau College
Garrett Camp
Rank: 717th in the world
Net worth: $5 billion
Education: Master of Science from the University of Calgary
Emanuele (Lino) Saputo and family
Rank: 902nd in the world
Net worth: $4 billion
Education: High school diploma
Barry Zekelman
Rank: 1072nd in the world
Net worth: $3.4 billion
Education: Dropped out of York University
Serge Godin
Rank: 1265th in the world
Net worth: $2.9 billion
Education: Master of Business Administration from Laval University
N. Murray Edwards
Rank: 1305th in the world
Net worth: $2.8 billion
Education: Bachelor of Arts and Science from the University of Saskatchewan and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Toronto
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