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   David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet   
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   The Right Honourable   
   The Lord Thomson of Fleet   
   Personal details   
   Born	David Kenneth Roy Thomson   
   12 June 1957 (age 56)   
   Spouse(s)	Mary Lou La Prairie (1988–1997)   
   Laurie Ludwick (2000–2005)   
   Domestic partner	Kelly Rowan (2007–2008)   
   Children	4   
   Parents	Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet   
   Nora Marilyn Lavis Thomson   
   Alma mater	Cambridge University   
   David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet (born 12 June   
   1957) is a Canadian media magnate. He is the son of the late Kenneth   
   Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet and his siblings are actress Taylor   
   Thomson and Peter Thomson. He became the chairman of Thomson Corporation   
   in 2006 at the death of his father and after the acquisition of Reuters,   
   became the chairman of the merged entity, Thomson Reuters in 2008. He   
   currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.[1]   
   Thomson attended Upper Canada College and received a BA (subsequently   
   upgraded to an MA) in history from Selwyn College in the University of   
   Cambridge in 1978.   
   As of October 2012, Thomson is listed as one of the wealthiest people in   
   the world with an estimated networth of 22.2 billion.[2] With an   
   estimated net worth of around $23.0 billion Cdn as of 2010, Thomson and   
   his family are the richest in Canada and 22nd richest in the world   
   according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.[2] Previously, Thomson   
   was listed as the 17th richest in the world by Forbes.[1]   
      
      
   Thomson has worked a number of positions in companies controlled by his   
   family. He was manager of The Bay store at Cloverdale Mall in Etobicoke,   
   and President of Zellers. (All the Zellers stores closed in 2012, and   
   Target opened up on the property in 2013.) He founded a real estate firm   
   Osmington Incorporated, owned and operated outside of the Thomson   
   empire. Osmington is a partner in True North Sports and Entertainment,   
   owners of the National Hockey League's Winnipeg Jets and the MTS Centre   
   in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba.[3]   
   According to a plan devised decades ago by Thomson Corporation founder   
   Roy Thomson, when Kenneth Thomson died (June 2006), control of the   
   family fortune passed on to David.[4]   
   "David, my grandson, will have to take his part in the running of the   
   Organisation and David's son, too," Roy wrote in his 1975 autobiography.   
   "With the fortune that we will leave to them go also responsibilities.   
   These Thomson boys that come after Ken are not going to be able, even if   
   they want to, to shrug off these responsibilities."[4]   
   Personal life[edit]   
      
   Thomson's "particularly bitter divorce action against his second wife"   
   received extensive coverage in Maclean's news magazine but was largely   
   ignored by other media. He is the father of three children, including   
   two daughters from his first marriage. "Thomson's son from that   
   marriage, who was born after the couple separated, is the company's   
   designated heir."[4] He became engaged to actress Kelly Rowan in late   
   June 2007.[5] They broke off their engagement just before Rowan gave   
   birth to their daughter on April 28, 2008.[6] In September 2009, Rowan   
   and Thomson made their first public appearance since their alleged split   
   in early 2008, at the Toronto International Film Festival.   
   Like his mother, David Thomson is a patron of the Art Gallery of   
   Ontario. With the death of his father, he became the 3rd Baron Thomson   
   of Fleet on 12 June 2006, his 49th birthday. He is an avid art collector   
   and owns the world's top collection of John Constable.[7]   
   Thomson has rarely given interviews to the press and maintains a low   
   public profile.   
   "The only substantial interview he has given was to James FitzGerald,   
   who wrote a book about the elite private school (Upper Canada College)   
   they both attended in Toronto," according to a July 3, 2006 article in   
   The New York Times. "In his comments to Mr. FitzGerald 12 years ago,   
   David had little positive to say about many people in the business   
   world".[4]   
   In the interview, Thomson said: "When you try to live a more balanced   
   life, traditional businessmen think that you are not a real man. But who   
   is not the real man? You are telling me? You have not taken a weekend   
   with your wife, you have no spare time that you use constructively, you   
   do not have any hobbies, you do not know how to spell Mozart. And here   
   you are telling me that I am weak?"[4]   
      
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Thomson,_3rd_Baron_Thomson_of_Fleet   
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