Olivier Desmarais
Olivier Desmarais is a Canadian businessman. He is the son of André Desmarais and the grandson of Paul Desmarais and former Canadian Prime Minister  Jean Chrétien.

Biography 

Desmarais was educated at Selwyn House School and holds a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Political Science from McGill University.

A member of the Québec Bar since 2009, Desmarais became Vice-President of Power Corporation of Canada and Power Financial in 2014. He has been Chairman of Power Energy Corporation since 2015. Since January 2017, he has been Senior Vice-President of Power Corporation and Power Financial. In August 2016, the Wall Street Journal stated that Desmarais and his cousin Paul Desmarais III were preparing to take over from their fathers at the head of Power Corporation in a few years.

He is a Director of Great-West Life, Investors Group, and Mackenzie. In November 2018, Desmarais was named Chair of the Canada-China Business Council (CCBC).. He is also a board member of the Montreal General Hospital Foundation, and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.