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Money Talks: 10 Toronto celebrities who command five-figure speaking fees

By Frances McInnis
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Money Talks: 10 Toronto celebrities who command five-figure speaking fees

Earlier this week, Wayne Gretzky was in town talking, oddly enough, about investment strategy. Apparently, The Great One isn’t only adept at stickhandling behind the net (his office, so to speak); he can also manage your stock portfolio. After all, in this age of Ted Talks and corporate retreats, one of the quickest and easiest ways for the famous and voluble to get even richer is through speaking engagements—and the topics they cover don’t even have to be married with the reason they’re famous in the first place. Gretzky, for example, clocks a $50,000-a-pop speaking fee and a staggering $1 million per annum from TD Bank to talk about money management. And he’s not alone. Here, Gretzky and nine other Toronto notables who are cashing in on the speaking circuit.

Find out how much they make »

The Game Show Host: Alex Trebek
The Urbanist: Richard Florida
The News Anchor: Peter Mansbridge
The Hockey Legend: Wayne Gretzky
The Blue Jay: Paul Molitor
The Olympic Star: Donovan Bailey
The Literary Queen: Margaret Atwood
The Economist: Jeff Rubin
The Ideas Man: Malcolm Gladwell
The Radio Personality: Jian Ghomeshi

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