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V. Prem Watsa

Chairman & CEO at Fairfax

V. Prem Watsa has been the Chairman of our Board of Directors and our Chief Executive Officer since 1985. Mr. Watsa is the Vice Chairman of Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd. since 2019, after serving as Vice President since 1985. Mr. Watsa is the Chairman of our publicly traded subsidiary Fairfax India Holdings Corporation. Mr. Watsa is also a director of Blackberry Limited and The BlackNorth Initiative. Mr. Watsa formerly served as Vice President of GW Asset Management from 1983 to 1984 and in various positions, including as a Vice President with Confederation Life Investment Counsel from 1974 to 1983.


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Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property and casualty insurance, and reinsurance and investment management. The Company's segments include Insurance and Reinsurance, Runoff, Other, and Corporate and Other. The Insurance and Reinsurance segment includes Northbridge Financial Corporation (Northbridge), Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. (OdysseyRe) and Crum & Forster Holdings Corp (Crum & Forster). The Runoff segment principally includes RiverStone Insurance (UK) Limited (RiverStone (UK)), Syndicate 3500. The Other segment consists of the Company's non-insurance operations, including Cara Operations Limited (Cara). Corporate and Other segment includes the parent entity (Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited) and its subsidiary intermediate holding companies. The Company owns a majority stake in Grivalia Properties REIC.


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Toronto, Canada

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