| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:University_of_Ottawa 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:National_Order_of_Quebec gptkb:Order_of_Canada
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1927-01-04 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Sudbury,_Ontario,_Canada 
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                                | gptkbp:boardMemberOf | gptkb:Suez gptkb:Power_Corporation_of_Canada
 gptkb:Total_S.A.
 gptkb:GDF_Suez
 gptkb:Imerys
 
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                                | gptkbp:child | gptkb:Paul_Desmarais_Jr. gptkb:André_Desmarais
 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 2013-10-08 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Sagard,_Quebec,_Canada 
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                                | gptkbp:ethnicGroup | French Canadian 
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                                | gptkbp:fullName | gptkb:Paul_Desmarais_Sr. 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:Power_Corporation_of_Canada 
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                                | gptkbp:languageSpoken | gptkb:French English
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:Canadian 
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                                | gptkbp:netWorth | US$4.5 billion (2012) 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:Building_Power:_The_Autobiography_of_Paul_Desmarais 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:businessman gptkb:philanthropist
 
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                                | gptkbp:parent | gptkb:Jean-Noël_Desmarais gptkb:Lébéa_Laforest
 
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                                | gptkbp:positionHeld | Chairman of Power Corporation of Canada 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Roman_Catholicism 
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                                | gptkbp:residence | gptkb:Sagard,_Quebec,_Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 
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                                | gptkbp:restingPlace | gptkb:Sagard,_Quebec,_Canada 
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                                | gptkbp:signature | Paul Desmarais signature.svg 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Jacqueline_Maranger 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Paul_Desmarais_Jr. 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Paul Desmarais 
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