{"id":953294,"date":"2026-10-31T15:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T15:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/953294\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T15:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T15:40:09","slug":"quebecs-25-richest-people-2026-revealed-whos-up-whos-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/953294\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec\u2019s 25 richest people 2026 revealed: Who\u2019s up, who\u2019s down?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A financial dynasty has dethroned Quebec\u2019s d\u00e9panneur king in the latest Gazette Rich List.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the stewardship of brothers Paul Jr. and Andr\u00e9, the Desmaraises have overtaken Couche-Tard founder Alain Bouchard to become Quebec\u2019s wealthiest. The family\u2019s estimated fortune rose from $7 billion to $11.5 billion, the biggest gain on the list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second edition of the rankings shows Quebec\u2019s 25 wealthiest individuals and families hold about $110 billion combined, marking a 27 per cent increase from the inaugural list, even as the province has faced economic peril from U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s trade war and other conflicts around the world. The entry point on the list remains $1.1 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A financial dynasty has dethroned Quebec\u2019s d\u00e9panneur king in the latest Gazette Rich List. Under the stewardship of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":953295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-953294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=953294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}