Angus Reid (entrepreneur)

Angus Reid
Born (1947-12-17) December 17, 1947 (age 76)
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Education

Angus Reid (born December 17, 1947) is a Canadian entrepreneur, pollster, and sociologist. He is the chairman of the Angus Reid Institute[1] and CEO and founder of Angus Reid Global. He is director of the Reid Campbell Group which operates Rival Technologies and Reach 3 Insights. He has written numerous columns on environmental, legal, economic, social, and political issues, as well as the best-seller Shakedown: How the New Economy is Changing our Lives (1996).[1]

He is a recipient of a Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship,[2] the Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Pacific Region in the "services" Category,[3] and was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends[4] in 2010. In 1996, he received an honorary Ll.D. degree from the University of Manitoba.[3] He has also been awarded honorary doctorates from Simon Fraser University (2003)[5] and Carleton University (2008).[6]

  1. ^ a b "Our Team". Angus Reid Institute. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Alexander Herman, Paul Matthews and Andrew Feindel Kickstart: How Successful Canadians Got Started. Dundurn Press, 2008
  3. ^ a b "University of Manitoba – University Governance – Angus E. Reid, LL.D., May 29, 1996". Umanitoba.ca. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  4. ^ ".: Marketing Hall of Legends". Archived from the original on February 11, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Carleton honours two visionary communicators at fall Convocation - Carleton Newsroom". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2012.