Jeff Berwick
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Jeffrey (Jeff) Berwick (b. November 24, 1970 , Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian entrepreneur, businessman, adventurer and writer.
Jeff Berwick founded StockHouse Media Corporation in 1994, raising over $40 million USD in financing and growing the company to a peak of more than 200 employees in 8 countries worldwide by 2000. StockHouse merged with Stockgroup Information Systems Inc. in 2002.
StockHouse continues to be the most active financial website in Canada, ranking No. 1 in February, 2007, by comScore Media Metrix Ad Focus report - beating out Globe Finance, Yahoo! Canada Finance and Sympatico/MSN Finance - in the areas of pages per visitor and average minutes per visitor in the business/finance news and research category[1].
Berwick was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1999. In 1999 and 2000, Berwick was recognized by Business in Vancouver's "Top 40 under 40" ranking[2].
Jeff Berwick joined the board of Stockgroup Informations Systems Inc. in 2002 and remained on the board of directors until 2006.
He also serves on the board of two TSX Venture Exchange companies, Interim Capital Corp. [3] and Villanova Capital Corp.[4].
Jeff Berwick has been a regular contributor to editorials on the StockHouse websites from 1995 to present.
In June, 2005, Berwick was in the process of circumnavigating the world in his 35' sailing catamaran when he was caught in a storm and the ship was sunk, leaving Berwick on his surfboard, later to be rescued with minor injuries by other sailors near Jiquilisco Bay, El Salvador [5].
