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The Woodbridge Company

The Woodbridge Company Limited is a Canadian private holding company based in Toronto, Ontario. It is the primary investment vehicle for members of the family of the late Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet.[1] David W. Binet has been the president and chief executive officer of the company since 2012.[2]

Company type

Toronto, Ontario
,
Canada

David W. Binet
(President and CEO)

Main holdings[edit]

Woodbridge is the principal and controlling shareholder (67.8%) of Thomson Reuters, a multinational media conglomerate.[3] Thomson Reuters was formed in 2008, when the Thomson Corporation acquired Reuters.[4]


In late 2010, Woodbridge sold its 40% interest in CTVglobemedia (a Canadian media company with ownership of the CTV Television Network) to BCE Inc. Woodbridge held an 85% interest in The Globe and Mail newspaper before acquiring the remaining 15% owned by BCE in August 2015.[5]

Ownership[edit]

Woodbridge is the primary investment vehicle for members of the Thomson family of Canada.[1] David Thomson and his brother, Peter Thomson, became chairmen of Woodbridge in 2006 upon the death of their father, Kenneth Thomson.


In 2015, Canadian Business magazine reported that Sherry Brydson – child of Irma Thomson, one of Roy Thomson's two daughters – holds the largest stake in the family company.[6] It is estimated that she holds 23.47% of the company's shares.[6][7]

– owned by the Thomson family via Wings of Flight

Markham Airport

– the successor to Canwest and Southam Newspapers

Postmedia Network

Quebecor Media

Torstar

(archived 12 June 2008)

Profile of The Woodbridge Company

Woodbridge buys BCE's 15% stake in The Globe and Mail