George Wallace Ferguson McCain (April 9, 1930 – May 13, 2011)[1] was a Canadian businessman and co-founder of McCain Foods. With an estimated net worth of $US 4.15 billion (as of 2018),[2][3] McCain was ranked by Forbes as the 13th wealthiest Canadian and 512th in the world.
Early life
McCain was born in Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick, Canada, as the son of Andrew Davis McCain, a descendant of a settler from Castlefinn, Donegal, Ireland who became a well-respected seed potato farmer. Since 1900, the family sold seed potatoes throughout New Brunswick and exported to Cuba and Latin America.[4]