David Asper

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Asper
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Nov 26, 1958(1958-11-26)
Age	66
Birthplace	Winnipeg
Country	Canada
Birth City	Manitoba
Horoscope	Scorpio

David Asper Biography

David Asper is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on November 26, 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Asper was born in Winnipeg in 1958. He was the son of Izzy Asper, the founder of Canwest Asper, the founder of Canwest, and Babs Asper (1933-2011). Asper was the younger of two sisters, Gail Asper and Leonard Asper.

Asper began his legal career as a lawyer focusing primarily on criminal defense litigation . He was successful in representing David Milgaard in overturning one of Canada’s most well-known wrongful convictions. In 2006, he was back at Law School at the University of Toronto in which he was awarded an LLM in 2007.

In 2013 Asper was a co-founder of Amenity Healthcare Limited, which owned and operated a chain of independent pharmacies in Western Canada, typically in traditionally underserved communities. It grew at a rate of seven to ten pharmacies per year before its acquisition in 2017 by TorQuest Partners, a Toronto-based equity firm.

In philanthropy and public service, in addition to being Chair of The Asper Foundation, Asper is a past Chair and current Director of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, member of the Board of the Pan Am Clinic Foundation and co-Chair of the 2015 CFL Grey Cup Festival Committee. Through his philanthropy Asper provided the lead gift to establish the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights at the University of Toronto. He has also established major endowments at the University of Manitoba, United Way and the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba where he actively supports the Jewish Child and Family Services Helping Hand Initiative.

In the past, community involvement included the presidency of the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Chairman of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Vice-Chair of the Canadian Football League Board of Governors and Co-Chair of the Toronto Grey Cup in 2006, Co-Chair of the Winnipeg Grey Cup Festival, Vice-chair and Governor of Saint. John’s-Ravenscourt School as well as a participant on the University of Toronto Governing Council as well as a board member of Directors Canadian Friends and Simon Wiesenthal Center. Simon Wiesenthal Center.

David Asper Net Worth

David Asper is one of the richest Lawyer from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Asper 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

David Asper (born November 26 in 1958) is David Asper (born November 26, 1958) is a Canadian businessman and lawyer. Asper is the father of Canwest founder Izzy Asper, and is the current head of his family’s charitable foundation. As an attorney, he was on the legal team of David Milgaard who overturned his conviction for wrongful conduct and then became an academic. From April 2017 through November 2018, the lawyer was serving as the Chair of the Winnipeg Police Board, and in January 2019, he was appointed Chairman of the Manitoba Police Commission.

After graduation at Brentwood College School on Vancouver Island Asper went to his first year at the University of Manitoba where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in both political science and historical. He went on to California Western School of Law where he earned the title of Juris Doctor in 1984.

Following completion of his Masters in Law at the University of Toronto in 2007 Asper served as Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Manitoba Robson Hall Faculty of Law. He continues to teach as an Adjunct Professor at Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin School of Law and at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, and comments occasionally on legal matters for popular media. Asper has also served on various committees of the Law Society of Manitoba and is a learning resource for the CPLED Articling module on ethics and professional responsibility.

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David Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. David Asper celebrates birthday on November 26 of every year.