Angus Reid (entrepreneur)

Angus Reid (born December 17, 1947) is a Canadian entrepreneur, pollster, and sociologist. He is the chairman of the Angus Reid Institute and CEO and founder of Angus Reid Global. He is director of the Reid Campbell Group which operates Rival Technologies and Reach 3 Insights.

He has written numerous columns on environmental, legal, economic, social, and political issues, as well as the best-seller ''Shakedown: How the New Economy is Changing our Lives'' (1996).

He is a recipient of a Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship, the Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Pacific Region in the "services" Category, and was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends in 2010. In 1996, he received an honorary Ll.D. degree from the University of Manitoba. He has also been awarded honorary doctorates from Simon Fraser University (2003) and Carleton University (2008). Provided by Wikipedia