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Place of Birth: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
About Ron Southern
- Ronald Donald Southern, (July 25, 1930 – January 21, 2016) was a Canadian businessman.
- He was the founder and chairman of Calgary-based ATCO Group, and the founder of the Spruce Meadows equestrian centre. In 1947, Southern and his father each invested $2,000 in the original Alberta Trailer Hire Co., which later became ATCO.
- Southern received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Alberta in 1953 and began to work full-time for the company.
- As of 2007 the Southern family is still in control of ATCO.
- He passed the title of chairman, president and chief executive officer to his daughter, Nancy Southern, in January 2000.
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