Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Number 1: Janice Fukakusa. Last January, Fukakusa retired as RBC's chief financial officer after a three-decade career with the financial institution. Now as chair of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, she's charged with overseeing the federal government's thirty-five billion dollar investment in public works projects and wooing private investors to join the effort. Number 2: Apoorva Mehta. When the University of Waterloo graduate launched Instacart in 2012, the grocery delivery service was only available in San Francisco. The company now serves 150 markets and is valued at more than three billion dollars. Mehta's company will begin a Canadian expansion to 2018 through a partnership with Loblaws. Number 3: Laura Bühler. A Calgary native, Bühler was previously a senior director at Gilt, the popular online shopping site. In February, she became executive director of the C100, a nonprofit aimed at connecting Canadian entrepreneurs with investors in Silicon Valley. Number 4: Huda Idrees A veteran of Canada's startup scene, Idrees worked at both Wealth Simple, an online investment service, and Wattpad, the so-called Netflix of books, before founding her own company. Dot Health aims to ease access to personal health records through an online subscription service. The company is just starting but Idrees' track record means that the tech community is taking notice. Number 5: Bruce Linton A former tech executive, Linton founded Canopy Growth Corporation, the country's largest licensed cannabis producer. With legalization pending, the company faces a rapidly expanding market. Constellation Brands which makes Corona beer recently invested nearly 200 million dollars in Canopy.
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