Donald G. Willmot
Donald Gilpin "Bud" Willmot (1916 – January 31, 1994) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and owner of Kinghaven Farms, a Thoroughbred horse racing stable located in King City, Ontario. Business career Willmot was the president and CEO of Anthes Imperial Limited, a diversified Canadian public company that he joined in 1949. The company owned a number of businesses, including ones involved in construction equipment rental, steel materials, office furniture and supplies, and public warehousing. Anthes Imperial was acquired by Molson Industries Limited in 1968. Willmot was subsequently appointed as chairman of Molson Industries, and he oversaw a series of successful acquisitions in the early 1970s. In his 1975 landmark book, The Canadian Establishment, author Peter Newman quoted (p. 145) Willmot's opposition to the Government of Canada's plan to create the Canada Pension Plan, stating that it was a threat to Canada's free enterprise system. Thoroughbred racing In 1973, Willmot became a founding member of the Jockey Club of Canada and a member of its Board of Trustees. He would later become a member of The Jockey Club in the United States. In 1984, Willmot lost out in the bidding to Jack Kent Cooke in an attempt to buy the prestigious