Primary Job Title Chairman, Founder & CEO Primary Organization 
Fairfax Financial Holdings
Gender Male
Investor Type
Watsa has served as Lead Director of the Company since November 2013 and previously served as a director of the Company from January 2012 to August 2013. He has a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, India and obtained his MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of
Western Ontario. He is also a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Watsa is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Fairfax).
He is also Vice President of Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel, a subsidiary of Fairfax.
Prior to joining Fairfax, he held various positions with Confederation Life Insurance Company and GW Asset Management. In addition, Watsa is a member of the board of trustees of the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation, a member of the Advisory Board for the Richard Ivey School of Business, a member of the board of directors of the Royal Ontario Museum Foundation, and Chairman of the Investment Committee of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Toronto.
