Bruce Flatt

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Bruce Flatt
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Born (1965-06-10) June 10, 1965 (age 59)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Education University of Manitoba (BComm)
Occupation CEO of Brookfield Asset Management
SpouseLonti Ebers
Website www.brookfield.com/about-us/leadership/bruce-flatt

Bruce Flatt (born June 10, 1965) [1] is a Canadian businessman and the CEO of Brookfield Asset Management. He joined Brookfield in 1990 and became CEO in 2002. [2] He has been referred to as "Canada's Warren Buffett" due to his "value" investment style, extended tenure as CEO, and large investment in Brookfield. [3] In 2022, he was ranked #622 on Forbes' Billionaires list with a net worth of US$4.5 billion. [4] [5]

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Career

Flatt, whose father was an executive at a Manitoba mutual fund company, [6] was born in Canada in 1965. Following university, Flatt worked as a chartered accountant at Ernst & Young. [2] Flatt joined the investment division of Brascan (Brookfield's predecessor) in 1990, [2] [7] became chief executive of Brookfield Properties in 2000 [3] and CEO of the entire business in 2002. [2]

As CEO of Brookfield Properties, Flatt led Brookfield's response to damage caused by the September 11, 2001 attacks in Lower Manhattan. [8] [9] Under Flatt, Brookfield became the second largest alternative-asset manager in the world, following the acquisition of a majority stake in Oaktree Capital Management in 2019. [10]

Flatt and a group of partners own 20% of Brookfield, individually and through a company called Partners Limited. [11]

Awards

Flatt was named CEO of the Year by The Globe and Mail in 2017, [12] 60th in a list of the top 100 best-performing CEOs published by Harvard Business Review in 2018, [13] and one of Bloomberg's 50 people who defined global business in 2019. [10]

Personal life

Flatt is married to art collector Lonti Ebers, who is the founder of a non-profit organization, Amant, and a trustee and patron of New York City's Museum of Modern Art. [14] [15] [16]

Flatt lives in Toronto, London and New York City. [6] [7]

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