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Gail Asper (Gail Sheryl Asper) was born on 28 May, 1960 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is a Canadian heiress and philanthropist (born 1960). Discover Gail Asper's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?

Popular As Gail Sheryl Asper
Occupation Philanthropist · corporate lawyer
Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 28 May 1960
Birthday 28 May
Birthplace Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Nationality Canada

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Who Is Gail Asper's Husband?

Her husband is Michael Paterson (m. 1984)

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Parents Babs Asper Izzy Asper
Husband Michael Paterson (m. 1984)
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Gail Asper Net Worth

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1960

Gail Sheryl Asper (born 1960) is a Canadian heiress, philanthropist, and corporate lawyer.

Daughter of the media magnate Izzy Asper, she serves as the president and a trustee of the Asper Foundation.

Gail Sheryl Asper was born on 28 May 1960 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to the entrepreneur and philanthropist Izzy Asper and Babs Asper.

1974

In 1974, a year after the Yom Kippur War, Gail visited Jerusalem and its Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, which she said had a great impact on her.

1978

Asper attended Kelvin High School, where she graduated in 1978.

1981

She then attended the University of Manitoba, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1981 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1984.

1984

She married Michael Paterson in 1984, with whom she had two sons.

In 1984, Asper articled with Halifax-based law firm Cox, Downie & Goodfellow.

1989

The following year, she was called to the Nova Scotia bar, and subsequently practiced corporate and commercial law as an associate lawyer in Halifax with Goldberg & Thompson until 1989.

In 1989, she joined her father's firm, CanWest Global Communications Corp., as in-house counsel and later as corporate secretary.

1990

In 1990, she was called to the Manitoba bar.

2002

In 2002, she became President of the Asper Foundation, a private charitable foundation established by her parents.

2003

Following the death of her father in 2003, Asper, her siblings, and the Asper Foundation adopted responsibility for development of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, which her father had only announced to the public months prior.

At this time, then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien had already committed $100 million towards the project with Israel Asper.

2004

To go forward with developing the museum in 2004, Gail Asper formed an advisory council of such people as former Prime Ministers Chrétien and Brian Mulroney, Scotiabank CEO Rick Waugh, actor Ben Kingsley, and journalist Michaëlle Jean (later the Governor General of Canada), among others.

2008

On 26 August 2008, the Harper government appointed Asper to the board of trustees of the CMHR.

She was associated with the Liberal Party of Canada and the Manitoba Liberal Party.

In 2021 she contributed $3,000 to the campaign of Manitoba conservative Heather Stefanson.

On 26 August 2008, Asper was appointed to the board of trustees of the CMHR by the Stephen Harper government.

2018

She is known for bringing to Winnipeg, Manitoba, the $351-million Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR)—the first national museum in Canada to be established outside of the capital region, and whose image now adorns Canada's $10 bill as of 2018.

The Asper Foundation itself is the private charitable organization that spearheaded the establishment of the CMHR.

In 2018, Asper, along with her family and husband Michael Paterson, announced that they would match $1,000,000 of donations to IISD Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA), an internationally unique freshwater laboratory in northwestern Ontario where Paterson worked as a research scientist.

Also that year, Manitoba Opera created The Gail Asper Award to honour "exemplary leadership of those outstanding individuals who translate vision into reality and in doing so, make the world a better place."

2019

The 2019 Canadian film Stand! credited Asper as an executive producer, marking her first credit on a motion picture.

Asper's work has included championing the Jewish-Canadian community and supporting the state of Israel.

She, with the Asper Foundation, established a $400-million Jewish history museum in Tel Aviv, the World's Jewish Museum, intended to celebrate Jewish history and success as opposed to entirely focusing on the Holocaust.

In 2021, Asper opposed a city initiative to limit vehicular traffic on Winnipeg's Wellington Crescent in favour of pedestrians and cyclists, citing a personal enjoyment of car rides through the wealthy neighbourhood.

Asper serves and has served on the boards of numerous corporate and not-for-profit groups.

Asper has received various community service and humanitarian awards: