Jim Estill, chief executive of Danby Appliances is a Canadian technology entrepreneur, executive and philanthropist. Jim started a computer distribution business from the trunk of his car while in university. He turned that modest business into a company doing $350,000,000 in sales before selling to SYNNEX in 2004. He then became CEO of SYNNEX Canada and grew sales from $800,000,000 to $2 Billion over five years, including a founding board member of Research in Motion/Blackberry, before the company went public.

In 2010, he published his first book, Time Leadership - Lessons from a CEO and followed that publication three years later with Zero to $2 Billion: The Marketing and Branding Story Behind the Growth, which became the subject of his TEDx talk.

He has most recently been in the news for his sponsorship effort to settle 50 Syrian refugee families. Financial Times, BBC News, The Guardian, and Toronto Life have all covered his story. You can follow Jim on his blog CEO Blog—Time Leadership, which documents his philosophies on leadership and time management. Jim currently lives in Guelph, Ontario.

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