David Culver

David Culver
Born	David Michael Culver (1924-12-05) December 5, 1924 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	McGill University (B.Sc.) Harvard University (MBA)
Occupation	Former Chairman & CEO, Alcan Aluminum Limited Founder, CAI Private Equity
Awards	Order of Canada National Order of Quebec

David Michael Culver, CC OQ (born December 5, 1924) is a Canadian businessman and former Chairman and CEO of Alcan Aluminum Limited, from 1979 to 1989.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Culver attended Selwyn House School, received a Bachelor of Science from McGill University in 1947, an MBA from Harvard University, and a Certificate from the Centre d'Études Industrielles in Geneva. Culver began working at Alcan in 1949, eventually rising to CEO in 1979.

From 1986 to 1989 he was Chairman of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.

In 1989, he became a founding partner of CAI Private Equity, a firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, restructurings, acquisitions, and recapitalizations.

He is a co-founder and Canadian Chairman for 11 years of the Canada-Japan Business Committee.

He is the chairman of iLiv Technologies Inc. (iLiv.com).

He is a member of the Augusta National Golf Club.

David Culver is the author, with Alan Freeman, of "Expect Miracles: Recollections of a Lucky Life" (McGIll-Queen's University Press 2014).

Honors

In 1983 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1988.^[1]
In 1990 he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Grand Cordon, of Japan.^[2]
In 1990 he was awarded Concordia University's John Molson School of Business Award of Distinction.

References

↑ Office of the Governor General of Canada. Order of Canada citation. Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 26 May 2010
↑ L'Harmattan web site (in French)

"Mr. David M. Culver". Canadian Business Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 11, 2005.
"National Order of Quebec citation". Gouvernement du Québec (in French). Retrieved April 11, 2005.

Private equity and venture capital investors

Investment strategy	Buyout Venture Growth Mezzanine Secondaries

History	History of private equity and venture capital Early history of private equity Private equity in the 1980s Private equity in the 1990s Private equity in the 2000s

Investor types	Private equity investors Venture capitalists Corporate raiders

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