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"Peter is a ten out of ten speaker and he lives a life that is motivational. When people sit in that [LifePilot seminar] they will see him pull out a tape measure and say,'How old are you?' Then he'll point to the tape measure and say,'Here's your life expectancy.' That's very powerful."

Steven says one of the things he admires about Peter is his wholeness. "I'm not going to separate Peter in business from Peter socially - he's a phenomenal salesman, full of positive energy. I've always seen Peter as very family oriented, whether it was moving to Victoria because it was a better place to raise his kids, or being supportive of his daughter and having her work with him. He gets up every day thinking about how he can make the world better."

"Peter's a great deal maker," Steven continues. "He could be doing that and making lots of money on a daily basis. Whatever he does gets lots of attention, and right now he's devoting himself to LifePilot. He's doing and giving presentations and giving away the proceeds of the presentations and aiming them back at mental health and children. That's admirable."

During the years since he worked for Peter, Steven went on to become founder and Chairman of Grand Marais Investments Ltd. In 1992, Grand Marais led the formation of CML Global Capital Ltd. which controls Aspen Properties Ltd. and Imperial Parking (Hong Kong) Ltd. Steven serves as Chairman of CML, Aspen Properties Ltd. and Imperial Parking.

Over the years, Steven has gained considerable experience in international private equity investment, including a number of mergers and acquisitions. He has directed well over 100 significant investments, financings, mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships. He has lived and worked in Vancouver, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Boston, San Francisco, and Calgary, where he now lives with his family. He has overseen undertakings that range to the construction of the largest underground parking structure in Shanghai, to the development of the largest fund management group in its category in Canada, to the building of the largest car park management business in Canada and 4th largest in North America, to the more recent founding and growth of Aspen Properties Ltd., now one of the most respected new substantial real estate concerns in Canada. Steven also oversees nearly 100,000 acres of precious sustainable development and environmental custodianship in the rainforest of Belize. He owns agricultural farmland in conjunction with his family in his home state of Iowa.

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