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Isadore "Issy" Sharp, OC (born October 8, 1931) is a Canadian hotelier and writer. He is founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
- Jordan Sharp, Gregory Sharp, Anthony Sharp, Christopher Sharp (deceased)
- Order of Canada
- Rosalie Wise Sharp
- October 8, 1931 (age 92), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Oct 9, 2016 · Looking back on his more than 50 years in the hotels business, Isadore "Issy" Sharp is modest about his achievements. "I've been fortunate to be a reasonable success," says the 85-year-old Canadian.
Founding of Four Seasons Hotels: built and opened the first Four Seasons, a 125-room motor hotel, in Toronto, Canada, in 1961, after founding the company the previous year. Previously: worked with his father, Max Sharp, in the construction business. Education: graduated in architecture from Ryerson Institute of Technology, 1952.
Jun 4, 2008 · Isadore Sharp. Isadore Sharp, O.C., hotel executive (born 8 October 1931 in Toronto, Ontario ). Isadore Sharp is the son of working class Jewish Polish immigrants. He was educated at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute in Toronto and then attended Ryerson University. At Ryerson, Sharp received an honours in architecture in 1952 and a Silver Medal ...
Sep 28, 2023 · You built your first hotel in the middle of Toronto’s red-light district, against the advice of everybody. You built your second hotel on an empty field across from a garbage dump, and everybody ...
- Trevor Cole
Aug 20, 2021 · Sixty years ago, Isadore Sharp founded Four Seasons, one of the world’s foremost luxury hospitality companies. He tells Can Faik about the changes he’s seen in the company over that time – and explains how it has maintained its unique place in luxury hospitality since 1960 …. Many years ago, Four Seasons set out to create a corporate ...
Jun 26, 2017 · But he would go on to become a captain of industry, building a hotel empire that now operates 105 hotels and resorts in 43 countries, with an annual revenue of US$4 billion ($5.38 billion). Sharp’s parents moved from their native Poland to Israel in the 1920s, before settling in Canada. His father made a living building houses in downtown ...
