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Alan Zekelman

Canada 63 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
Steel
Industry
Manufacturing
Residence
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Education
University of Rochester (Master of Science)
University of Toronto (Bachelor of Commerce)

Biography

Alan Zekelman owns a stake in his family's steel business, Zekelman Industries.

The $3.3 billion (revenues) company is one of North America's largest steel pipe and tube makers.

The company has also pumped more than $1 billion into Z Modular, a division that is developing modular apartment complexes in places such as Texas, Arizona and Canada.

Alan and his brothers, fellow billionaires Barry Zekelman and Clayton Zekelman, split 100% ownership of Zekelman Industries.

They sold the company to the Carlyle Group in 2006 for some $1.2 billion, but bought the business back in 2011.

About

One of Zekelman Industries' subsidiaries, Atlas Tube, produced steel for stretches of the Mexican border wall in Arizona.