Bob Gaglardi & family

Bob Gaglardi founded Northland Properties, which has interests in hotels, restaurants, sports and construction.

Gaglardi launched the business in 1963 with a $5,000 loan, opening his first Sandman Inn hotel four years later in British Columbia.

He continued to put up Sandman Inns throughout Canada, plus expanded into real estate and restaurants.

In 2011 he and his son, Tom, purchased the then-bankrupt Dallas Stars NHL team in a $240 million deal; Forbes now values the team at $2 billion.