INSIGHTS Irish-Canadian Billionaire Galen Weston, Who Built Retail Empire on Both Sides of Atlantic, Has Died By Staff Thursday, April 15, 2021 12:01 AM My father’s greatest gift was inspiring those around him to achieve more than they thought possible. Galen G Weston Jr., commenting this week following the death of his father, Galen Weston, who passed away in Toronto following a long illness. Weston 80, was a retail mogul who built “a vast empire on both sides of the Atlantic,” including Canada’s largest retail food chain, Loblaw, as well as Canadian luxury retailer Holt Renfrew, according to Ireland’s Independent in its report, “Irish-Canadian Billionaire Galen Weston, Who Built Retail Empire on Both Sides of Atlantic, Has Died.”