David Sidoo ~ Prominent Vancouver Businessman ~ Passionate Philanthropist ~ Proud Family Man ~ Former Pro Athlete

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BIV on Roundhouse March 6: Ex-CFLer David Sidoo means business

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Three-time all-Canadian and successful Vancouver businessman David Sidoo talks to BIV about his career, and his upcoming induction into the BC Sports Hall of Fame.

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Mr. David Sidoo is a successful businessman based in Vancouver where he oversees a successful private investment banking and financial management firm. Upon graduating from the University of British Columbia in 1982 where he held a four-year football scholarship with the UBC Thunderbirds, he was drafted to play professional football with the Canadian Football League. David retired from football in 1988 and was introduced to the brokerage business. From there he became a broker with Yorkton Securities where he quickly became one of the company's top revenue generators. He went on to become Partner and Advisory Board Member at Yorkton Securities, consistently generating commissions that ranked in the Top Five nationally. In 1999, he left Yorkton to pursue private investment banking. He was one of the founding shareholders of American Oil & Gas Inc. (NYSE -AEZ) which was sold to Hess Corporation in Dec 2010 for over US$600 million. In 2008, The Vancouver Sun voted Mr. Sidoo one of the top 100 South Asians making a difference in British Columbia.