Jimmy: An Autobiography

By Jimmy Pattison, Paul Grescoe

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Business & Money

Jimmy: An Autobiography is the 1987 memoir of Canadian businessman Jim Pattison, written with journalist Paul Grescoe and published by Seal Books. Pattison recounts growing up in Saskatchewan and Vancouver, working as a car salesman, and buying his first car dealership in 1961. He describes building the Jim Pattison Group into one of Canada's largest private companies, with holdings in media, food retail and signs, and his role as head of Vancouver's Expo 86 world's fair.

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• Shane Parrish: “This episode is based on Jimmy: An Autobiography by Jim Pattison and Paul Grescoe.”