Peter Nygård
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Peter Nygård (born 1943 in Helsinki, Finland), is a Canadian fashion executive. Chairman of Nygård International of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, a company that makes women's wear. He has a park named after him in Deloraine, Canada. He lives in the Bahamas.
Nygård, owner of the Tan Jay line, has also captured international fashion headlines. Nygård is well known for his lavish Hollywood-style extravaganzas both in Canada, the United States and The Bahamas.
Nygards house at the Bahamas can be rented for $42,000/day (2008 information). [1]
In 2003, his estimated worth was nearly 500 million Canadian dollars, which is under dispute. [1]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Nygård hands out 107 $10,000 bonus cheques." by Kathleen Martens for the Winnipeg Sun (published May 2003; accessed August 23, 2006).