Tony Cuzzocrea

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Tony Cuzzocrea (born 1942 or 1943) is an Italian-Canadian financial advisor, the founder of Planmar Financial Corp and Planmar Foundation, a co-founder of Love First, and the biggest individual financial supporter of The United People of Canada.

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Early life and education

Cuzzocrea was born in 1942or1943 in Italy to poor parents. [1] At the age of ten years his parents relocated his family, including his three siblings, to Canada. [1] In Canada, his father worked as a street sweeper. [1] Cuzzocrea's first job was shining shoes at the age of eleven years; as a child he also worked in a bowling alley and had summer jobs picking tobacco in Mount Brydges and working for his father doing residential renovations. [1]

He studied production management at Ryerson Polytechnic University. [1]

Career and philanthropy

After graduation Cuzzocrea worked at General Motors, but was laid off after three months. [1] After fourth months studying and getting accreditation, he started a fifteen years stint as an employee in the financial industry before launching his own firm, Planmar Financial Corp. [2] [1] [3] He founded the Planmar Foundation around 1998 [1] and co-founded the Love First group in 2016. [4] As of 2022 he rented offices former St. Peter's School on Clarence Street, London, Ontario. [3]

Cuzzocrea is the largest single financial supporter of The United People of Canada not for profit organisation which tried to buy Saint Brigid’s Church in Ottawa in 2022. [5]

Personal life

Cuzzocrea has four children (Peter, Lisa, Ann, and Mary) and, as of 2013, has nine grandchildren. [1] He was a friend of Arpad Horvath, who was killed by serial-killer nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer [6] in 2014. [7]

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References

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  2. ↑ "A Fighting Chance". London Business Monthly Magazine. 3 (12): 44. February 1, 1990. ProQuest   214539085.
  3. 1 2 Shaw, Brian (December 1, 1997). "The mutual maze". London Business Magazine. 11 (8): 36. ProQuest   214542468.
  4. ↑ Inaugural love first awards to recognize compassionate, kind londoners. in Postmedia Network Inc [database online]. London, 2019 (accessedNovember 23, 2022).
  5. ↑ Deachman, Bruce (July 28, 2022). "London financier downplays link to convoy organizers in purchase of former Ottawa church". lfpress. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Nursing Home Murders". CTV National News. October 25, 2016. ProQuest   1832065518.
  7. ↑ "Meurtre de huit personnes gées dans le sud-ouest de l'Ontario : l'infirmière aurait admis ses crimes" [Murder of eight elderly people in southwestern Ontario: the nurse would have admitted her crimes]. RadioJournal (in Canadian French). October 26, 2016. ProQuest   2719404754.
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