Cause of death Aneurysm Organizations founded Bre-X Role Mining | Name David Walsh Citizenship Canadian | |
Born August 11, 1945 ( 1945-08-11 ) Montreal, Quebec, Canada Known for oil and gas and mining businessman Died June 4, 1998, Nassau, Bahamas | ||
David Walsh (11 August 1945 – 4 June 1998) was a Canadian businessman in the oil and gas and mining industries.
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Walsh was founder and CEO of the Canadian mining company Bre-X, which was involved in one of the largest stock market scandals in Canadian history. Although Walsh had been oblivious to or dismissive of warning signs before the outbreak of the scandal, he called in RCMP investigators once the fraud was identified, and assisted the RCMP in their criminal investigation. Before the Bre-X fraud, Walsh had run several successful oil and gas companies with properties throughout the United States and Canada and been a stock broker, trust company officer, and portfolio manager. In 1998 he died of an apparent aneurysm suffered at his home in the Bahamas.