NP: Ken Hill may well be the wealthiest Indigenous businessman in Canada. The 59-year-old lives in a world of luxury and comfort, often escaping his home on a reserve in Brantford, Ont., by hopping on a private jet to Las Vegas, where he reportedly stays in suites that cost between $4,000 and $25,000 a night. He has even partied with Rod Stewart, Mike Tyson, the Trailer Park Boys and Snoop Dogg.
In 1992, he co-founded the world’s largest Indigenous-owned corporation, Grand River Enterprises Ltd., which sells enormous volumes of cigarettes around the world. The company has recorded annual sales of more than $300 million, and, as a partner, he takes home at least $5 million a year.
Now, the wealthy Six Nations resident is fighting to hold on to more of his hard-earned cash. He’s taking a family law dispute with the mother of his nine-year-old son to Ontario’s highest court to fight to have his child support payments determined by Indigenous laws.
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