Frank Giustra
Frank Giustra (born 1957) is a Canadian business executive, who has been particularly successful in the mining and filmmaking industries, and is a noted philanthropist.
Early life
Giustra was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada in 1957, and lived in Italy and Argentina as a child. Giustra spent his middle school years in Aldergrove, British Columbia, Canada, and graduated high school there in 1976. Giustra's father was a Sudbury nickel miner, who introduced his son to his broker. He graduated in 1979 from Douglas College where he spent his first year playing trumpet in the school's music program before switching over to business and finance.
Investment industry
Giustra took a securities course and began his career in the investment industry in 1978 with Merrill Lynch as an assistant trader and then a stockbroker. In the early 1980s, Giustra left Merrill Lynch to create a resources-financing group in Europe for the new firm Yorkton Securities. He is said to have "transformed Yorkton into a major force in the world of international mining finance." In 1990, he became President of the company and, in 1995, was appointed Chairman and CEO. From 2001 to 2007, Giustra was Chair of Endeavour Financial, a merchant banking firm which financed mining companies. Mr. Giustra is now Chief Executive Officer of Fiore Financial Corporation, an exclusive advisory services provider to Endeavour Mining Corporation, a gold mining company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.