Albert D. Cohen
Canadian entrepreneur
Died when: 97 years 305 days (1174 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Albert Diamond Cohen, OC LLD (January 20, 1914 – November 21, 2011) was a Canadian entrepreneur, community builder, philanthropist, and Officer of the Order of Canada.
He was Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Gendis Inc., a Toronto Stock Exchange listed Canadian real estate and investment company headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
At one time, Gendis held a 51% stake in Sony of Canada and owned the SAAN Stores retail chain.He was the author of several books: The Entrepreneurs: The Story of Gendis Inc...The Triangle of Success: The Gendis/Saan Story...The Story of SAAN...and...I.D.E.A.
His latest and last book, published in the fall of 2010, was titled Reminiscences of an Entrepreneur - How Sony came to Canada and then to the World in 1955.
His interest and talent for writing stemmed from his close personal friendship with the late British author Ian Fleming.Cohen was married to Irena Cohen (née Kankova) from 1953 until his death, and they had three children: Anthony, James, and Anna-Lisa.
He died at the age of 97 years, 10 months, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.