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Jim Estill

March 07, 2023

James Andrew Estill, CM OOnt (born April 8, 1957) is a Canadian technology entrepreneur, executive, and philanthropist who has been serving as President and CEO of home appliance manufacturer Danby Products Ltd since 2015.[1] During the course of his career, Estill has invested in 150 start-up companies[2] and received international attention in 2015 for offering to sponsor the resettling of 50 Syrian refugee families in Canada.[3] In recognition of his philanthropic efforts, Estill received the Order of Ontario in June 2017 [4] and was named to the Order of Canada in July 2018.[5] He also received an Everyday Heroes Award from the Global Hope Coalition in 2017.[6]

Jim Estill

CM OOnt
Born (1957-04-08) April 8, 1957 (age 65)
NationalityCanadian
EducationUniversity of Waterloo
OccupationCEO of Danby Appliances Inc. (2015–present)
Website
  • jimestill.com

Education

Estill studied engineering at the University of Waterloo, graduating in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Design Engineering. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Guelph in 2018.[7]

Business career

1980-1999

In his final year of university, he started his first company, EMJ Data Systems. Operating with very modest means, Estill sold computer equipment and software, soon transitioning into distribution.[8] The business grew quickly, became publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and withstood that era's downturn in the IT industry.

His accomplishments at such a young age were recognized in 1996 when Estill was added to the ranks of Canada's Top 40 under 40, the second person to receive this honor.[9] That same year, Estill joined the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO)[10] and remains a member of the CNBC-YPO Chief Executive Network.[11]

Estill served as a founding board member of Research in Motion/BlackBerry in 1997, before the company went public. He subsequently stayed with that organization until 2010. 1997 also found him acting as one of the founding members of Communitech.,[12] an organization devoted to helping tech companies grow and find their place in the market.

2000-2009

In 2003, EMJ purchased the Canadian operations of DaisyTek Canada, doubling their distribution size to more than $350 million in consolidated revenue.[13] At its height, EMJ had 350 employees and $350 million in annual sales.[14]

In June 2004, Synnex Canada purchased EMJ Data Systems for $56 million.[15] As part of the deal, Estill took over as CEO of Synnex's Canadian division. During the five years that he ran Synnex from 2004–2009, sales for the company grew from $800 million to $2 billion.[11]

Estill entered the world of blogging in the spring of 2005 with CEO Blog—Time Leadership, which documents his philosophies on leadership and time management, and which he continues to update with new posts on a regular basis.

In 2008, Estill was granted patent number 8244567 for gamification in ERP systems.[16]

2010-present

In 2010, Estill published his first book, Time Leadership - Lessons from a CEO and followed that publication three years later with Zero to $2 Billion: The Marketing and Branding Story Behind the Growth. Estill also serves on the advisory board of OMERS Ventures, one of Canada's largest pension funds, which began operations in 2011.

Estill spoke about his success in the business world for a TEDx Talk called "Zero to $2 Billion" in New York City in April 2013.

In late 2014, Estill founded DDE Media, a Guelph, Ontario-based digital multimedia company. DDE merged two years later with TrafficSoda, a digital marketing firm, founded in 2013 by Jessica Chalk. Estill serves as chairman of the combined organization, with Chalk as President and CEO.

While continuing on in this capacity, Estill came out of semi-retirement to assume the post of CEO at Guelph, Ontario-based Danby Products in 2015,.[1] In 2017, Estill purchased Danby Products and its subsidiaries from John Wood and his family. Under his guidance, the company resumed manufacturing some of its products in Canada for the first time in a number of years.[17]

Seed Investor

In addition to the businesses he started on his own, Estill also served as a seed investor for over 150 companies, including well.ca,[18] Printeron, Miovision, Clearpath Robotics, Postrank, Touch Bistro, Spicer, Inex, and Border Networks.

Philanthropy

In 2015, Estill grew distressed by the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Frustrated by the Canadian government's slow response, Estill decided in November 2015 to sponsor the immigration of 50 Syrian families to Guelph, Ontario. This worked out to a personal cost of about $1.5 million Canadian.[19] He rallied church groups and 800 volunteers across the city and worked closely with the Islamic community. [20] Estill has now sponsored 87 families for resettlement. [21]

When asked why he decided to pursue this, Estill replied "Imagine going to work and discovering that your office isn't there anymore…Imagine going home from work and your home isn't there and you've heard that a cousin has been killed. People were living in fear and helping them come to Canada, a place of safety, was the right thing to do."[22]

To achieve his ambitious goal, Estill decided to use the organizational skills he had developed over his long business career. After meeting with local clergy and related organizations, he budgeted that each Syrian family would need between $25,000-30,000 Canadian for life essentials over a one-year period.[23]

For assistance, Estill called upon the Lakeside Church, the Salvation Army, Guelph's Roman Catholic community, the Muslim Society of Guelph[24] and Welcome In Drop-in Centre, as well as friends and business associates. Arrangements were put in place to provide apartments, clothing, and English language instruction. Using his business network connections, Estill also helped arrange employment and career counselling. More than 800 local volunteers were registered and donated their time to the project.[25]

Although it was hoped that the Syrian families would begin arriving by the end of 2015, this stalled by February 2016 when the Canadian government met its announced quota of bringing 25,000 Syrian refugees into the country. This led to problems storing donated items as the spaces would soon become unavailable. By the end of June, only 13 of the 50 planned families had settled in Guelph.[26]

However, things soon improved and 47 families had relocated by the end of 2016. By that point, the total number of families Estill committed to help had also grown to 58 and totaled more than 200 people.[27]

In addition to his own project, Estill also contributed his finances to help a nine-year-old local boy realize his family's dream of sponsoring a Syrian family in Canada.[28]

In recognition of his philanthropic efforts, Estill received the Order of Ontario in June 2017.[4] and was named to the Order of Canada in June 2018.[5]

Awards and recognition

  • Canada's Top 40 Under 40, 1996[9]
  • Alumni Achievement Medal for Professional Achievement, University of Waterloo, 2000[29]
  • Hero of the Global Campaign Against Extremism & Intolerance, 2017[30]
  • Order of Ontario, 2017[4]
  • Order of Canada, 2018[31]
  • Inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), 2018[32]
  • Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 Ontario, 2019[33]

References

  1. ^ a b Del Nibletto, Paolo (June 19, 2015). "Jim Estill has a new CEO position". Computer Dealer News. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  2. ^ Galang, Jessica (January 8, 2016). "Jim Estill Gives Entrepreneurs Their Inspiration in 2016". Betakit.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  3. ^ "Guelph CEO Jim Estill sponsoring 50 Syrian refugee families". cbc.ca. November 26, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "The 2016 Appointees to the Order of Ontario". news.ontario.ca. December 14, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Guelph's Jim Estill, Peter Irwin named to Order of Canada". Guelph Today. July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  6. ^ "Everyday Heroes". Global Hope Coalition. September 18, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  7. ^ "Jim Estill shares his secret to his happiness during U of G convocation ceremony". Guelphtoday.com. June 12, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  8. ^ "Fail Often. Fail Fast. Fail Cheap". businessviewmagazine.com. July 6, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Canada's Top 40 Under 40". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  10. ^ Richards, Sue (March 2004). "Better leaders through education and idea exchange" (PDF). exchangemagazine.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  11. ^ a b Estill, Jim (September 12, 2016). "How did I grow sales from zero to billions? Simple, really". cnbc.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  12. ^ Reinhart, Anthony (November 22, 2012). "Communitech at 15: A parent's (a.k.a. board chair's) perspective". communitech.ca. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  13. ^ Sutton, Neil (August 25, 2003). "EMJ buys Canadian Daisytek operation". itbusiness.ca. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  14. ^ Ohashi, Kevin (May 6, 2010). ""…grew this business out of the trunk of his car to $350,000,000 in sales"". businessinterviews.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  15. ^ "SYNNEX and EMJ Announce Business Combination to Create New Distribution Leader". synnex.com. June 14, 2004. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  16. ^ "Patents by Inventor James Estill". December 31, 2008. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  17. ^ O'Flanagan, Rob (July 28, 2016). "Danby to make products in Canada again". guelphtoday.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  18. ^ "Well.ca Partners with Maple Leaf Angels to Solidify its Leadership in Canada's Online Drugstore Market". newswire.ca. April 17, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  19. ^ McQuiggie, Michelle (November 27, 2015). "Jim Estill, Guelph Businessman, Sponsoring 50 Syrian Families, Rallies Town". huffingtonpost.ca. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  20. ^ Silverberg, David (2019-10-07). "This boss paid $1m to bring refugee families to his town". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  21. ^ La Rose, Lauren (2019-10-13). "Guelph's Jim Estill giving hundreds of refugees a fresh start in Canada". UNHCR Canada. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  22. ^ Ball, Vincent (June 15, 2016). "Successful CEO no fan of meetings". brantfordexpositor.ca. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  23. ^ O'Flanagan, Rob (November 24, 2015). "Guelph businessman funds 50 Syrian refugee families". therecord. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  24. ^ Muslim Society of Guelph,|url=http://www.msofg.org/refugee-life-line.html
  25. ^ Coorish, Karolyn (January 2, 2017). "58 families, 800 volunteers: How one man runs refugee sponsorship like a business". ctvnews.ca. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  26. ^ Estill, Jim (July 5, 2016). "The Sponsors Built It, But The Refugees Didn't Come". policyoptions.irpp.org. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  27. ^ Mann, Mark (December 22, 2016). "Q&A: Jim Estill, who's sponsoring 58 Syrian refugee families, on what's next". torontolife.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  28. ^ Rutledge, Lisa (January 7, 2016). "Cambridge family reaches threshold to sponsor Syrian refugees". cambridgetimes.ca. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  29. ^ "Recipient gallery of the Alumni Achievement Medal". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  30. ^ "Global Hope Coalition".
  31. ^ GuelphToday Staff (July 1, 2018). "Guelph's Jim Estill, Peter Irwin named to Order of Canada". guelphtoday.com. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  32. ^ "Faculty and alumni honoured by CAE | Engineering". Engineering. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  33. ^ "Jim Estill of Danby Appliances named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2019 Ontario winner". www.ey.com. Retrieved 2022-12-02.


External links

  • Official website

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James Andrew Estill CM OOnt born April 8 1957 is a Canadian technology entrepreneur executive and philanthropist who has been serving as President and CEO of home appliance manufacturer Danby Products Ltd since 2015 1 During the course of his career Estill has invested in 150 start up companies 2 and received international attention in 2015 for offering to sponsor the resettling of 50 Syrian refugee families in Canada 3 In recognition of his philanthropic efforts Estill received the Order of Ontario in June 2017 4 and was named to the Order of Canada in July 2018 5 He also received an Everyday Heroes Award from the Global Hope Coalition in 2017 6 Jim EstillCM OOntBorn 1957 04 08 April 8 1957 age 65 NationalityCanadianEducationUniversity of WaterlooOccupationCEO of Danby Appliances Inc 2015 present Websitejimestill wbr com Contents 1 Education 2 Business career 2 1 1980 1999 2 2 2000 2009 2 3 2010 present 2 4 Seed Investor 3 Philanthropy 4 Awards and recognition 5 References 6 External linksEducation EditEstill studied engineering at the University of Waterloo graduating in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Design Engineering He received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Guelph in 2018 7 Business career Edit1980 1999 Edit In his final year of university he started his first company EMJ Data Systems Operating with very modest means Estill sold computer equipment and software soon transitioning into distribution 8 The business grew quickly became publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and withstood that era s downturn in the IT industry His accomplishments at such a young age were recognized in 1996 when Estill was added to the ranks of Canada s Top 40 under 40 the second person to receive this honor 9 That same year Estill joined the Young Presidents Organization YPO 10 and remains a member of the CNBC YPO Chief Executive Network 11 Estill served as a founding board member of Research in Motion BlackBerry in 1997 before the company went public He subsequently stayed with that organization until 2010 1997 also found him acting as one of the founding members of Communitech 12 an organization devoted to helping tech companies grow and find their place in the market 2000 2009 Edit In 2003 EMJ purchased the Canadian operations of DaisyTek Canada doubling their distribution size to more than 350 million in consolidated revenue 13 At its height EMJ had 350 employees and 350 million in annual sales 14 In June 2004 Synnex Canada purchased EMJ Data Systems for 56 million 15 As part of the deal Estill took over as CEO of Synnex s Canadian division During the five years that he ran Synnex from 2004 2009 sales for the company grew from 800 million to 2 billion 11 Estill entered the world of blogging in the spring of 2005 with CEO Blog Time Leadership which documents his philosophies on leadership and time management and which he continues to update with new posts on a regular basis In 2008 Estill was granted patent number 8244567 for gamification in ERP systems 16 2010 present Edit In 2010 Estill published his first book Time Leadership Lessons from a CEO and followed that publication three years later with Zero to 2 Billion The Marketing and Branding Story Behind the Growth Estill also serves on the advisory board of OMERS Ventures one of Canada s largest pension funds which began operations in 2011 Estill spoke about his success in the business world for a TEDx Talk called Zero to 2 Billion in New York City in April 2013 In late 2014 Estill founded DDE Media a Guelph Ontario based digital multimedia company DDE merged two years later with TrafficSoda a digital marketing firm founded in 2013 by Jessica Chalk Estill serves as chairman of the combined organization with Chalk as President and CEO While continuing on in this capacity Estill came out of semi retirement to assume the post of CEO at Guelph Ontario based Danby Products in 2015 1 In 2017 Estill purchased Danby Products and its subsidiaries from John Wood and his family Under his guidance the company resumed manufacturing some of its products in Canada for the first time in a number of years 17 Seed Investor Edit In addition to the businesses he started on his own Estill also served as a seed investor for over 150 companies including well ca 18 Printeron Miovision Clearpath Robotics Postrank Touch Bistro Spicer Inex and Border Networks Philanthropy EditIn 2015 Estill grew distressed by the humanitarian crisis in Syria Frustrated by the Canadian government s slow response Estill decided in November 2015 to sponsor the immigration of 50 Syrian families to Guelph Ontario This worked out to a personal cost of about 1 5 million Canadian 19 He rallied church groups and 800 volunteers across the city and worked closely with the Islamic community 20 Estill has now sponsored 87 families for resettlement 21 When asked why he decided to pursue this Estill replied Imagine going to work and discovering that your office isn t there anymore Imagine going home from work and your home isn t there and you ve heard that a cousin has been killed People were living in fear and helping them come to Canada a place of safety was the right thing to do 22 To achieve his ambitious goal Estill decided to use the organizational skills he had developed over his long business career After meeting with local clergy and related organizations he budgeted that each Syrian family would need between 25 000 30 000 Canadian for life essentials over a one year period 23 For assistance Estill called upon the Lakeside Church the Salvation Army Guelph s Roman Catholic community the Muslim Society of Guelph 24 and Welcome In Drop in Centre as well as friends and business associates Arrangements were put in place to provide apartments clothing and English language instruction Using his business network connections Estill also helped arrange employment and career counselling More than 800 local volunteers were registered and donated their time to the project 25 Although it was hoped that the Syrian families would begin arriving by the end of 2015 this stalled by February 2016 when the Canadian government met its announced quota of bringing 25 000 Syrian refugees into the country This led to problems storing donated items as the spaces would soon become unavailable By the end of June only 13 of the 50 planned families had settled in Guelph 26 However things soon improved and 47 families had relocated by the end of 2016 By that point the total number of families Estill committed to help had also grown to 58 and totaled more than 200 people 27 In addition to his own project Estill also contributed his finances to help a nine year old local boy realize his family s dream of sponsoring a Syrian family in Canada 28 In recognition of his philanthropic efforts Estill received the Order of Ontario in June 2017 4 and was named to the Order of Canada in June 2018 5 Awards and recognition EditCanada s Top 40 Under 40 1996 9 Alumni Achievement Medal for Professional Achievement University of Waterloo 2000 29 Hero of the Global Campaign Against Extremism amp Intolerance 2017 30 Order of Ontario 2017 4 Order of Canada 2018 31 Inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering CAE 2018 32 Ernst amp Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 Ontario 2019 33 References Edit a b Del Nibletto Paolo June 19 2015 Jim Estill has a new CEO position Computer Dealer News Retrieved January 17 2017 Galang Jessica January 8 2016 Jim Estill Gives Entrepreneurs Their Inspiration in 2016 Betakit com Retrieved January 17 2017 Guelph CEO Jim Estill sponsoring 50 Syrian refugee families cbc ca November 26 2015 Retrieved January 17 2017 a b c The 2016 Appointees to the Order of Ontario news ontario ca December 14 2016 Retrieved January 17 2017 a b Guelph s Jim Estill Peter Irwin named to Order of Canada Guelph Today July 1 2018 Retrieved July 13 2017 Everyday Heroes Global Hope Coalition September 18 2017 Retrieved July 13 2018 Jim Estill shares his secret to his happiness during U of G convocation ceremony Guelphtoday com June 12 2018 Retrieved July 13 2018 Fail Often Fail Fast Fail Cheap businessviewmagazine com July 6 2016 Retrieved January 17 2017 a b Canada s Top 40 Under 40 uwaterloo ca Retrieved January 17 2017 Richards Sue March 2004 Better leaders through education and idea exchange PDF exchangemagazine com Retrieved January 17 2017 a b Estill Jim September 12 2016 How did I grow sales from zero to billions Simple really cnbc com Retrieved January 17 2017 Reinhart Anthony November 22 2012 Communitech at 15 A parent s a k a board chair s perspective communitech ca Retrieved January 17 2012 Sutton Neil August 25 2003 EMJ buys Canadian Daisytek operation itbusiness ca Retrieved January 17 2017 Ohashi Kevin May 6 2010 grew this business out of the trunk of his car to 350 000 000 in sales businessinterviews com Retrieved January 17 2017 SYNNEX and EMJ Announce Business Combination to Create New Distribution Leader synnex com June 14 2004 Retrieved January 17 2017 Patents by Inventor James Estill December 31 2008 Retrieved January 26 2017 O Flanagan Rob July 28 2016 Danby to make products in Canada again guelphtoday com Retrieved January 17 2017 Well ca Partners with Maple Leaf Angels to Solidify its Leadership in Canada s Online Drugstore Market newswire ca April 17 2008 Retrieved January 17 2017 McQuiggie Michelle November 27 2015 Jim Estill Guelph Businessman Sponsoring 50 Syrian Families Rallies Town huffingtonpost ca Retrieved January 17 2017 Silverberg David 2019 10 07 This boss paid 1m to bring refugee families to his town BBC News Retrieved 2020 02 11 La Rose Lauren 2019 10 13 Guelph s Jim Estill giving hundreds of refugees a fresh start in Canada UNHCR Canada Retrieved 2020 02 11 Ball Vincent June 15 2016 Successful CEO no fan of meetings brantfordexpositor ca Retrieved January 17 2017 O Flanagan Rob November 24 2015 Guelph businessman funds 50 Syrian refugee families therecord Retrieved January 17 2017 Muslim Society of Guelph url http www msofg org refugee life line html Coorish Karolyn January 2 2017 58 families 800 volunteers How one man runs refugee sponsorship like a business ctvnews ca Retrieved January 17 2017 Estill Jim July 5 2016 The Sponsors Built It But The Refugees Didn t Come policyoptions irpp org Retrieved January 17 2017 Mann Mark December 22 2016 Q amp A Jim Estill who s sponsoring 58 Syrian refugee families on what s next torontolife com Retrieved January 17 2017 Rutledge Lisa January 7 2016 Cambridge family reaches threshold to sponsor Syrian refugees cambridgetimes ca Retrieved January 17 2017 Recipient gallery of the Alumni Achievement Medal uwaterloo ca Retrieved February 13 2017 Global Hope Coalition GuelphToday Staff July 1 2018 Guelph s Jim Estill Peter Irwin named to Order of Canada guelphtoday com Retrieved July 3 2018 Faculty and alumni honoured by CAE Engineering Engineering 2018 06 25 Retrieved 2018 08 02 Jim Estill of Danby Appliances named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 Ontario winner www ey com Retrieved 2022 12 02 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Estill amp oldid 1137094280, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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