Feature Story: Indigenous business success motivates outstanding young alumni

Abstract

Thomas Benjoe is helping to shape one of the most important sectors growth areas in Saskatchewan’s economy – Indigenous business development. Benjoe was 17 when he read a magazine profile about the CEO of a successful First Nations investment company in Manitoba. “I want to be that guy,” he remembers thinking to himself. “That company was building wealth for communities, and its success inspired me to want to work and support our communities in the same way.”