A few years back, the G&M had an article about how envious Canadians, unlike Americans, were always tearing their successful businessmen down as if profits were bad thing. In the same issue, there were articles about one successful Canadian 'businessman' who had gang ties and made his $ off some technology he invented used primarily by money launderers, and another about a 'businessman' facing charges in the US stemming from his Costa Rican-based gambling website. He was from Vancouver where he had been banned from the VSE for fraud. Canadians aren't envious, we are just more discerning about who we emulate. That being said, the others on this list are deserving of our admiration.