Alexis Nihon
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Alexis Louis Nihon | |
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 Nihon in 1930 | |
| Born | Alexis Louis Nihon 15 May 1902 |
| Died | 8 April 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 (15 May 1902 – 8 April 1980) was a Belgian-born Canadian inventor and businessman.
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Canadian Parliament. House of Commons, Debates: official report. Vol. 4. Queen's Printer. 1946. p. 4013. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ 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, 19 April 1980
- ^ Place Alexis Nihon. "Our Story". Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- "Alexis Nihon (1902-1980)". Archived from the original on 4 June 2006.
- "Alexis Louis Nihon Sr". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
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