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'''Rebecca MacDonald''' (born 1953 as '''Ubavka Mitić''') is a [[Serbian Canadian]] businesswoman that lives and works in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]. Recipient of several business awards, she is founder and executive chair of [[Just Energy Group Inc.]], an energy commodities trading company.

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'''Rebecca MacDonald''' (born in 1953 as Ubavka Mitic) is a Canadian businesswoman from [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] of Serbian origin. Recipient of several business awards, she is founder and executive chair of [[Just Energy Group Inc.]], an energy commodities trading company.


==Career==
==Career==
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==Extracurricular==
==Extracurricular==
MacDonald sits on the board of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., the Royal Ontario Museum and the [[David Foster]] Foundation.<ref name="davidfosterfoundation.com">{{cite web|url=http://davidfosterfoundation.com/staff/rebecca-macdonald-director-business-development-corporate-relations/|title=Rebecca MacDonald – Director, Business Development & Corporate Relations|publisher=}}</ref> She donated three million dollars to Toronto's [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)|Mount Sinai Hospital]] to fight rheumatoid arthritis, a disease she herself has battled with.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountsinai.on.ca/care/rmcad/rebecca-macdonald-centre-for-arthritis-and-autoimmune-disease|title=Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease — Mount Sinai Hospital - Toronto|website=www.mountsinai.on.ca}}</ref> In 2017, Macdonald had the honour of ringing the bell at the [[New York Stock Exchange]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/03/29/1086847/0/en/Just-Energy-to-Ring-NYSE-Opening-Bell-Marking-Company-s-20th-Anniversary.html|title=Just Energy to Ring NYSE Opening Bell Marking Company's 20th Anniversary|first=Just Energy Group Inc. -|last=PR|date=29 March 2017|publisher=|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwPCShNAfC8|title=Just Energy Celebrates Recent Listing on the NYSE rings the NYSE Opening Bell|last=NYSE|date=13 February 2012|publisher=|access-date=29 May 2018|via=YouTube}}</ref> That same year, as part of the [[Horatio Alger Association]] of Canada, she was one of the hosts of the charity event "Canuck Place Gala", alongside [[Lorne Michaels]].<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/on-the-scene-vancouver-celebrates-progress-in-palliative-care-toronto-rewards-academicachievement/article37033662/| title = On the scene: Vancouver celebrates progress in palliative care, Toronto rewards academic achievement - The Globe and Mail| newspaper = The Globe and Mail| date = 23 November 2017| last1 = Bryant| first1 = Nolan}} </ref>
MacDonald sits on the board of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., the Royal Ontario Museum and the [[David Foster]] Foundation.<ref name="davidfosterfoundation.com">{{cite web|url=http://davidfosterfoundation.com/staff/rebecca-macdonald-director-business-development-corporate-relations/|title=Rebecca MacDonald – Director, Business Development & Corporate Relations|publisher=}}</ref> She donated three million dollars to Toronto's [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)|Mount Sinai Hospital]] to fight rheumatoid arthritis, a disease she herself has battled with.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountsinai.on.ca/care/rmcad/rebecca-macdonald-centre-for-arthritis-and-autoimmune-disease|title=Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease — Mount Sinai Hospital - Toronto|website=www.mountsinai.on.ca}}</ref> In 2017, MacDonald had the honour of ringing the bell at the [[New York Stock Exchange]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/03/29/1086847/0/en/Just-Energy-to-Ring-NYSE-Opening-Bell-Marking-Company-s-20th-Anniversary.html|title=Just Energy to Ring NYSE Opening Bell Marking Company's 20th Anniversary|first=Just Energy Group Inc. -|last=PR|date=29 March 2017|publisher=|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwPCShNAfC8|title=Just Energy Celebrates Recent Listing on the NYSE rings the NYSE Opening Bell|last=NYSE|date=13 February 2012|publisher=|access-date=29 May 2018|via=YouTube}}</ref> That same year, as part of the [[Horatio Alger Association]] of Canada, she was one of the hosts of the charity event "Canuck Place Gala", alongside [[Lorne Michaels]].<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/on-the-scene-vancouver-celebrates-progress-in-palliative-care-toronto-rewards-academicachievement/article37033662/| title = On the scene: Vancouver celebrates progress in palliative care, Toronto rewards academic achievement - The Globe and Mail| newspaper = The Globe and Mail| date = 23 November 2017| last1 = Bryant| first1 = Nolan}} </ref>


==Honors and awards==
==Honors and awards==
In 2002, the [[Rotman School of Management]] gave MacDonald the Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year award.<ref name="davidfosterfoundation.com"/> She was also ''Profit'' magazine's top Canadian Woman Entrepreneur six years in a row. ''Profit'' ranked her company as one of the fastest-growing companies in Canada from 2004 through to 2007.
In 2002, the [[Rotman School of Management]] gave MacDonald the Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year award.<ref name="davidfosterfoundation.com"/> She was also ''Profit'' magazine's top Canadian Woman Entrepreneur six years in a row. ''Profit'' ranked her company as one of the fastest-growing companies in Canada from 2004 through to 2007.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profitguide.com/manage-grow/success-stories/canadas-entrepreneurs-of-the-decade-29660|title=Canada's Entrepreneurs of the Decade|website=www.profitguide.com}}</ref> MacDonald is a 2009 [[Horatio Alger Award]] Winner<ref>{{cite web|url=https://horatioalger.ca/en/haa_members/rebecca-macdonald/|title=Rebecca MacDonald - Horatio Alger Association Canada|publisher=}}</ref> and also has an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Victoria]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profitguide.com/manage-grow/success-stories/canadas-entrepreneurs-of-the-decade-29660|title=Canada's Entrepreneurs of the Decade|website=www.profitguide.com|access-date=2018-02-20|archive-date=2015-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202174149/http://www.profitguide.com/manage-grow/success-stories/canadas-entrepreneurs-of-the-decade-29660|url-status=dead}}</ref> MacDonald is a 2009 [[Horatio Alger Award]] Winner<ref>{{cite web|url=https://horatioalger.ca/en/haa_members/rebecca-macdonald/|title=Rebecca MacDonald - Horatio Alger Association Canada|publisher=}}</ref> and also has an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Victoria]].


In 2018, MacDonald was a recipient of the "[[Knight of the St. Sava Order of Diplomatic Pacifism]]" award. The honor was bestowed upon her by the Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs [[Ivica Dacic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/politika/dacic-dodelio-najvisa-diplomatska-priznanja-medu-laureatima-modna-kreatorka/j3w5jjz|title=Dačić dodelio najviša diplomatska priznanja, među laureatima modna kreatorka, humintarac, preživeli logoraši Jasenovca...|work=Blic|date=29 May 2018|access-date=29 May 2018 |language=Serbian}}</ref>
In 2018, MacDonald was a recipient of the "[[Knight of the St. Sava Order of Diplomatic Pacifism]]" award. The honor was bestowed upon her by the Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs [[Ivica Dacic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/politika/dacic-dodelio-najvisa-diplomatska-priznanja-medu-laureatima-modna-kreatorka/j3w5jjz|title=Dačić dodelio najviša diplomatska priznanja, među laureatima modna kreatorka, humintarac, preživeli logoraši Jasenovca...|work=Blic|date=29 May 2018|access-date=29 May 2018 |language=Serbian}}</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=8101107&privcapId=6184168 Rebecca MacDonald on Bloomberg]
* [https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/16425020#xj4y7vzkg Rebecca MacDonald on Bloomberg]
*[https://www.bnn.ca/video/rebecca-macdonald-i-m-very-fortunate-to-get-to-know-hunter~1287208 BNN video]
* [https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/rebecca-macdonald-i-m-very-fortunate-to-get-to-know-hunter~1287208 BNN video]
*[http://www.ey.com/gl/en/about-us/entrepreneurship/entrepreneur-of-the-year/world-entrepreneur-of-the-year---judges-2016---rebecca-macdonald Entrepreneur of the Year 2016]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090459/http://www.ey.com/gl/en/about-us/entrepreneurship/entrepreneur-of-the-year/world-entrepreneur-of-the-year---judges-2016---rebecca-macdonald Entrepreneur of the Year 2016]


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Latest revision as of 23:03, 15 July 2024

For the Canadian curler, see Rebecca Jean MacDonald.
Rebecca MacDonald
Born
Ubavka Mitić

1953 (age 70–71)
Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia[1]
NationalityCanadian
OccupationBusinesswoman

Rebecca MacDonald (born 1953 as Ubavka Mitić) is a Serbian Canadian businesswoman that lives and works in Toronto, Ontario. Recipient of several business awards, she is founder and executive chair of Just Energy Group Inc., an energy commodities trading company.

Career

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New deregulation in Ontario's natural gas industry prompted Rebecca MacDonald to launch EMI in 1986.[2] Her first company began to lose profits when gas prices fell several years later. In 1997, she re-entered the market by starting Ontario Energy Savings Corp., though the business showed minimum profits. When gas prices began to rise again in 2001, the second company was transitioned into a very profitable fund that became the backbone of Just Energy Group Inc. By taking Just Energy public, Macdonald made the company accountable to a board of directors. When gas prices fell again, the business expanded to the American and European markets, but also came under scrutiny for aggressive sales techniques and charging additional fees.[3]

Extracurricular

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MacDonald sits on the board of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., the Royal Ontario Museum and the David Foster Foundation.[4] She donated three million dollars to Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital to fight rheumatoid arthritis, a disease she herself has battled with.[5] In 2017, MacDonald had the honour of ringing the bell at the New York Stock Exchange.[6][7] That same year, as part of the Horatio Alger Association of Canada, she was one of the hosts of the charity event "Canuck Place Gala", alongside Lorne Michaels.[8]

Honors and awards

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In 2002, the Rotman School of Management gave MacDonald the Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year award.[4] She was also Profit magazine's top Canadian Woman Entrepreneur six years in a row. Profit ranked her company as one of the fastest-growing companies in Canada from 2004 through to 2007. [9] MacDonald is a 2009 Horatio Alger Award Winner[10] and also has an honorary doctorate from the University of Victoria.

In 2018, MacDonald was a recipient of the "Knight of the St. Sava Order of Diplomatic Pacifism" award. The honor was bestowed upon her by the Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Bilbija, Bojan (9 May 2012). "Konkurent mi je samo Opra Vinfri" (in Serbian). Politika. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Scott, Sarah (20 December 2005). "Avon Lady Cleans Up". The Globe and Mail.
  3. ^ "Rebecca MacDonald's Just Energy: Golden era over for gas marketer". The Globe and Mail. 29 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Rebecca MacDonald – Director, Business Development & Corporate Relations".
  5. ^ "Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease — Mount Sinai Hospital - Toronto". www.mountsinai.on.ca.
  6. ^ PR, Just Energy Group Inc. - (29 March 2017). "Just Energy to Ring NYSE Opening Bell Marking Company's 20th Anniversary". Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  7. ^ NYSE (13 February 2012). "Just Energy Celebrates Recent Listing on the NYSE rings the NYSE Opening Bell". Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ Bryant, Nolan (23 November 2017). "On the scene: Vancouver celebrates progress in palliative care, Toronto rewards academic achievement - The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail.
  9. ^ "Canada's Entrepreneurs of the Decade". www.profitguide.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  10. ^ "Rebecca MacDonald - Horatio Alger Association Canada".
  11. ^ "Dačić dodelio najviša diplomatska priznanja, među laureatima modna kreatorka, humintarac, preživeli logoraši Jasenovca..." Blic (in Serbian). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
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