Curwin Friesen
Curwin Friesen is a former President and Chief Executive Officer of Friesens Corporation, Canada's largest printer of hardcover books.
Background
Friesen was raised in Altona, Manitoba. He received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Waterloo in 1993. In 2007, he was named one of Waterloo's 50 Outstanding alumni of the past fifty years.{{cite web |url=http://www.alumni.uwaterloo.ca/alumni/awards/50th/profiles/friesen.html |title=UW 50th Anniversary Alumni Award Recipient |accessdate=2008-08-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504140012/http://alumni.uwaterloo.ca/alumni/awards/50th/profiles/friesen.html |archivedate=2011-05-04 }}
Friesens Corporation
While under his direction, the company has received multiple awards, including the National Association for Printing Leadership's highest management award{{cite web|url=http://www.napl.org/news.pressdetail.aspx?PressId=305 |title=Management Plus Awards Winners 2004 |accessdate=2008-08-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226024700/http://www.napl.org/news.pressdetail.aspx?PressId=305 |archivedate=2008-02-26 |url-status=dead }} and being listed as of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies by Deloitte and Touche.{{cite web |url=https://www.canadas50best.com/en/meetourwinners/Pages/Requal.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618225035/http://www.canadas50best.com/en/meetourwinners/pages/requal.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-06-18 |title=2007 Requalified members |accessdate=2008-08-19 }}
In 2004, he was listed as one of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40", a list of prominent businesspeople under forty years old, by The Globe and Mail and Caldwell Partners.{{cite web|url=http://www.top40award-canada.org/award/old/2004.shtml |title=2004 Recipients |accessdate=2008-08-11 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403005305/http://www.top40award-canada.org/award/old/2004.shtml |archivedate=2008-04-03 |url-status=dead }}
See also
References
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