Bob Hager, one of the founders of Vancouver-based investment firm, Philips, Hager & North, died on Friday.
Hager, who founded PH&N along with Art Philips and Rudy North back in 1964, was 73 years old. The cause of death was not revealed in his obituary, which noted, “Bob has travelled his last mile, fully prepared and uncomplaining.”
PH&N was bought by Royal Bank in 2008, and integrated into RBC Asset Management Inc.
After retiring from the asset management business, Hager became a philanthropist. He served on the Vancouver Foundation’s Honorary Governors’ Council and on the board of the Canadian Rugby Foundation, among other things. He earned a commerce degree form UBC in 1961, and an MBA from Berkeley in 1962.
The funeral is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 14 at St. Mary’s (Kerrisdale) Anglican Church in Vancouver.