Alexis Nihon
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Alexis Louis Nihon | |
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Born | Alexis Louis Nihon May 15, 1902 |
Died | April 8, 1980 | (aged 77)
Occupation(s) | Inventor and Businessman |
Spouse | Alice Robert Nihon |
Children | 4, including Alexis Nihon Jr. and Robert Nihon |
Parent(s) | Alexis Laurent Nihon Marie Florentine Thiry |
Alexis Louis Nihon, OBE (May 15, 1902 – April 8, 1980) was a Belgian-born Canadian inventor and businessman.
Biography
Alexis was born in Liège, Belgium, the son of Alexis Laurent Nihon and Marie Florentine Thiry, he moved to Canada when he was eighteen years old[citation needed].
In 1940, he started the glass manufacturer Compagnie industrielle du verre limitée (Industrial Glass Works Company Limited) in Saint-Laurent, Quebec; it was one of the few Canadian glass manufacturers during the Second World War.[1] He sold it in the 1940s[citation needed]. In 1946, he started Corporation Alexis Nihon (today Alexis Nihon REIT) that would later become one of the largest[citation needed] real estate companies in Canada.
He was married to Alice Robert Nihon and they had four children: two daughters who died young, and Olympic wrestlers Alexis Nihon Jr. and Robert Nihon.[2] He died at his home in Nassau, Bahamas[3] in 1980.
In addition to the REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust), his name lives on as a major residential/commercial thoroughfare, Alexis Nihon Boulevard, and Alexis-Nihon Park, both in Saint-Laurent, and the Place Alexis Nihon shopping mall in downtown Montreal. It was built on one of his several tracts of land that he rented to developers.[4]
References
- ^ Canadian Parliament. House of Commons, Debates: official report. Vol. 4. Queen's Printer. 1946. p. 4013. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ Fine, Philip (19 March 2013). "Montreal mogul wrestled in '68 Olympics". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Alexis Nihon: Made millions on the tubeless tire, Montreal land", The Globe and Mail, p. 14, April 19, 1980
- ^ Place Alexis Nihon. "Our Story". Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- "Alexis Nihon (1902-1980)". Archived from the original on 2006-06-04.
- "Alexis Louis Nihon Sr". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
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