Eugene Melnyk (May 27, 1959 – March 28, 2022) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and owner, governor and chairman of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Ottawa Senators and AHL’s Belleville Senators. He was the founder, former chairman, and CEO of Biovail Corporation, once Canada's largest publicly traded pharmaceutical company with more than C$1-billion in annual revenue. He sold almost all of his holdings of the company by 2010. Canadian Business magazine ranked Melnyk 79th with a net worth of $1.21 billion on its 2017 list of Canada's 100 wealthiest people. He was one of the richest residents of Barbados.
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27 May 1959 Toronto, Ontario Canada
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Died |
28 March 2022 (aged 62)
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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