What is Stephan Crétier?
'''Stephan Crétier''' (born 8 August 1963) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[Businessperson|businessman]], [[entrepreneur]] and [[Philanthropy|philanthropist]]. He is the founder and [[chief executive officer]] of [[GardaWorld]],. It is one of the largest [[Private company|privately owned]] [[Security company|security providers]] in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.garda.com/about-us|access-date=2023-02-09|website=www.garda.com}}</ref> Crétier founded GardaWorld in 1995 with an investment of $25,000, which he raised by placing a second mortgage on his home. The company now generates over $5 billion in annual revenues<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contact|url=https://www.garda.com/contact|access-date=2023-03-13|website=GardaWorld|language=en}}</ref> and is a global champion in the security industry, with 132 000 employees worldwide. Over the past 25 years, Crétier has pushed the expansion of his company into the security, risk management and cash services sectors, having grown the company organically and through strategic acquisitions across Canada and into the United States, Europe, Latin America, the [[Middle East]], Asia, and Africa. In addition to being a leading best-in-class global security provider, GardaWorld today owns & operates Crisis24, the leading integrated risk management company servicing the world’s most influential people, disruptive brands and prominent organisations and Sesami, a global innovative cash ecosystem performance and technology company. Recognized as Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 1998, Growth Leader by Profit 100 magazine for 11 consecutive years, and Great Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006, Crétier was named one of Canada's Entrepreneurs of the Decade by Profit Magazine in 2009 and recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GardaWorld, a success story|url=https://www.garda.com/about-us/gardaworld-a-success-story|access-date=2023-03-13|website=GardaWorld|language=en|archive-date=2023-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.o