Career in Finance
Upon his safe return to Canada after the war, Gordon attended university at Sir George Williams, Montreal, entering the field of finance.
A decade later, in 1964, he formed G. Gordon Symons Co. Ltd., a predecessor to Goran Capital Inc., a public holding company specializing in insurance. Over the course of three decades, Symons grew his family of companies, becoming one of the largest non-standard automobile insurers in the United States.
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