Eugene Melnyk
Canadian sports businessman · Canada · On the map · Executives · Lived 1959 to 2022 · aged 62
Eugene Nestor Melnyk was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and owner, governor, and chairman of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Ottawa Senators and the American Hockey League's Belleville Senators.
Eugene Melnyk is read about 40 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 11 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 110 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Also in Français
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
He was the founder, chairman, and CEO of Biovail Corporation, once Canada's largest publicly traded pharmaceutical company with more than CA$1 billion in annual revenue. He had sold almost all of his holdings in the company by 2010. Canadian Business magazine ranked Melnyk 79th on its 2017 list of Canada's 100 wealthiest people, with a net worth of CA$1.21 billion. He was also one of the richest residents of Barbados.
