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As tech reasserts its dominance, meet Canada’s top 10 technology moguls
Technology is a big generator of global billionaire fortunes, and many of those entrepreneurs hold Canadian citizenship. But many young wunderkinds in the Canadian tech scene follow a pattern: They were raised in Canada, educated in Canada, but then moved to Silicon Valley and hit it big.
That’s not universal, of course. Tobias Lutke (pictured above), founder of Shopify, moved to Canada as a child and stayed.
Here's our list of the top 10 Canadian tech moguls. It's our most popular article so far this week.
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