Olivier Desmarais

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Olivier Desmarais (born June 1982) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He is chairman of Power Sustainable, a global alternative asset manager, and has served as Senior Vice-President of Power Corporation of Canada and Power Financial since 2017. He also leads Power Energy Corporation.

He studied at Selwyn House School, earned a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Ottawa, and a BA in Sociology and Political Science from McGill University. He has been a member of the Québec Bar since 2009. In 2017, he became Vice-President of Power Corporation of Canada and Power Financial. He chairs the Canada-China Business Council (CCBC) since November 2018 and is a director at Canada Life, IG Wealth Management, and Mackenzie. He has chaired Power Energy Corporation since 2015 and serves on the board of Lumenpulse. He is a board member of the Montreal General Hospital Foundation and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and is a member of the Voltigeurs de Québec. He is the son of André Desmarais and the grandson of Paul Desmarais and former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.