Veer Gidwaney is a Canadian entrepreneur. He was the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

 of Control-F1 Corporation, which was acquired by Computer Associates in 2005. He has been named one of the "Top 30 Under 30" by Maclean's Magazine, and was a finalist for the Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers ....

 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. As of 2011, he is CEO and Co-Founder of DailyFeats, a web and mobile service for checking in and rewarding positive actions.

Education

Gidwaney was born in Leicester, England and raised in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. He was educated at the University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...

, where he studied business administration at the Richard Ivey School of Business

Richard Ivey School of Business

The Richard Ivey School of Business is located on the University of Western Ontario campus in London, Ontario, Canada, and is consistently rated as the top business school in Canada. It is offered, along with a range of other programs, by the University of Western Ontario, but is managed separately...

. While in university, he was one of Canada's top-ranked debaters, and a finalist at the Canadian National Debating Championship

Canadian National Debating Championship

The Canadian National Debating Championship is the premier university debating championship in Canada, sanctioned by the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate. It has been held since 1978, always in the Canadian parliamentary debating style...

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External links

• Biography
• Innovators in Control (Maclean's Magazine, 2002)
• Biography at DailyFeats