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Eugene Melnyk

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Image:Eugene Melnyk.jpg Eugene Melnyk (born May 27, 1959 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian businessman who now resides in Barbados. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of Biovail Corporation.

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[edit] Philanthropy

Eugene Melnyk is an Honorary Director of "Help Us Help the Children" and a benefactor of The Tourette Syndrome Association of Canada. He donated $1 million to the Belmont Child Care Association for the 2002 construction of a childcare center at Belmont Park.

[edit] Sports franchise owner

On August 26, 2003, Eugene Melnyk purchased the Ottawa Senators hockey club of the NHL. He is an alumnus of St. Michael's College School and the current owner of the Toronto St. Michael's Majors and the Mississauga IceDogs hockey teams of the OHL.

[edit] Thoroughbred horse racing

Eugene Melnyk is the owner of Melnyk Racing Stables Inc. and Winding Oaks Farm in Ocala, Florida, a 1,100-acre property on land that was formerly Tartan Farms and where such racing legends as Dr. Fager and Ta Wee are buried. His racing and horse breeding operations have more than 200 Thoroughbreds. A number of Melnyk's racehorses are named after Barbados landmarks and carry the blue and gold national colours.

In 1998, his colt Archers Bay won Canada's most prestigious race, the Queen's Plate. His horse Flower Alley has won a number of Grade I stakes races and was a very strong second in the voting for the 2005 Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year.


Net Worth: $1.4 bil
Country of citizenship: Canada
Marital Status: married , 2 children

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