The Woodbridge Company Limited is a Canadian private holding company

Holding company

A holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself; rather, its purpose is to own shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow...

 and the principal and controlling shareholder (55 percent) of Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters Corporation is a provider of information for the world's businesses and professionals and is created by the Thomson Corporation's purchase of Reuters Group on 17 April 2008. Thomson Reuters is headquartered at 3 Times Square, New York City, USA...

. Thomson Reuters was formed in 2008 when The Thomson Corporation acquired Reuters

Reuters

Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...

.

The company also owns the largest (85 percent) interest in The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of approximately 1 million, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star...

 Inc. In late 2010, Woodbridge sold its 40-percent interest in CTVglobemedia

CTVglobemedia

CTVglobemedia , was one of Canada's largest private media companies. Its operations include newspaper publishing , television broadcasting and production , radio broadcasting , and their respective Internet properties.Originally established by BCE and the Thomson family in 2001 combining CTV Inc.,...

, a Canadian multimedia company with ownership of CTV

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

, to BCE Inc.

Woodbridge is the primary investment vehicle for members of the family of the late Roy Thomson

Roy Thomson

Roy Thomson may refer to:* Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet , Canadian newspaper proprietor and media entrepreneur.* Roy Hendry Thomson , Knight of the Order of Saint John, and prominent citizen of Aberdeen, Scotland....

, the first Lord Thomson of Fleet. Woodbridge is the primary investment vehicle for the Thomson family of Canada. David Thomson

David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet

David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet is a Canadian media magnate. He is the son of the late Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet and his siblings are actress Taylor Thomson and Peter Thomson...

 and his brother, Peter Thomson

Peter Thomson (race car driver)

Peter John Thomson is a Canadian rally race car driver with Thomson Motorsport and a venture capitalist. Peter is married to Diana Thomson. Peter and Diana have one daughter....

, became chairmen of Woodbridge upon the death of their father, Kenneth Thomson in 2006. Woodbridge is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geoff Beattie

Geoff Beattie

W. Geoff Beattie is a Canadian business executive. He is currently President of The Woodbridge Company, the Chairman of CTVglobemedia Inc. and Deputy Chairman of Thomson Reuters. He also serves as a director of Royal Bank of Canada as well as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee and Human...

is president of the company.

External links

• Profile of The Woodbridge Company