Full name: Michael Lee-Chin Nationality: Jamaican-Canadian Born: January 3, 1951 (age 70 years), Port Antonio, Jamaica Spouse: Vera Lee-Chin (m. 1974) Net worth: 1.6 billion USD (2021) Forbes Partner: Sonya Hamilton Wait For More.. Children: Adrian Lee-Chin, Paul Lee-Chin, Elizabeth Lee-Chin, Maria Lee-Chin, Michael Lee-Chin Jr. [38] He is from Jamaica. We are active on social media including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok. Its like magnets and iron shavings, said Lee-Chin. The sprawling Coconut Walk Private Estate boasts a stunning beachfront location and sits . The couple have three children: Michael Jr., Paul and Adrian. At first he worked as a bouncer, but later found employment as a financial advisor for Investors Group. Please send us amessage. The jet is capable of flying non-stop for over 6,000 nautical miles, making it ideal for long-distance travel. Lee-Chin asked if Wellum was interested in coming aboard at AIC, which, in 1990, had around 100 clients, $12 million in assets, and just a few people on staff. Michael Lee-Chin - Black Entrepreneur & Executives Profiles Lee-Chin married Vera Lee-Chin, a Ukranian Canadian he met at university, in 1974. Seriously. Business ventures owned or operated by Michael Lee Chin, Americas Region Caribbean Optical-ring System, https://ca.linkedin.com/in/michael-lee-chin-768853102, "Michael Lee-Chin - Private Capital Markets Association of Canada", "Michael Lee-Chin joins the ITM Supervisory Board", "Michael Lee-Chin | The Canadian Encyclopedia", https://twitter.com/michael_leechin/status/900005580148006912, "The 2017 Appointees to the Order of Ontario", "Michael Lee Chin heads JA's Economic Growth Council Caribbean News", "Michael Lee-Chin appointed chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University Communications, Public Affairs & Marketing", "Can a Billionaire Be Nice? work in his field, Lee-Chin returned to Canada. [13], He attended the local high school, Titchfield High, between 1962 and 1969. [14], In 1965, Lee-Chin's first job came working as part of the landscaping team at the Frenchman's Cove Hotel. In 2005, two investment product managers offering structured products joined the Portland Holdings portfolio, Copernican Capital Corporation has offered retail investment products, primarily sold by brokers, and has raised more than C$800 million, in 10 closed end funds since its launch. The majority of his wealth comes from his shares in the National Commercial Bank Jamaica. Under Lee-Chin, the Canada-based wealth management and mutual fund business managed more than $10 billion in assets by 2002. Lee-Chin was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica, in 1951 to Aston Lee and Hyacinth Gloria Chen. The next year, he got a summer job working on the Jamaica Queen cruise ship, cleaning the engine room. Both his parents were biracial African and Chinese-Jamaican. [10], Lee-Chin was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica, in 1951 to Aston Lee and Hyacinth Gloria Chen.
