Donald Oborowsky

Donald Oborowsky (born February 14, 1949) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist, based in Edmonton, Alberta.

History

Oborowsky was raised in Cactus Lake, Saskatchewan. Choosing not to complete high school, he left home at the age of seventeen and relocated to Edmonton, Alberta in 1966. That same year, he commenced his apprenticeship as a carpenter Following work as a carpenter, he obtained employment as a steel fitter, he co-founded, with Theodore Degner, The company, owned as of 2015 by the Hillcore Group, a Canadian investment firm, grew to include approximately 800 employees and is regarded as one of the largest privately owned automated industrial steel fabrication facilities in Canada.

Oborowsky has had a long history of governance and leadership roles with post-secondary educational institutions. He was named as a member of the Business Advisory Council of the Alberta School of Business, located within the University of Alberta.

In 2007, at the age of fifty-eight, Oborowsky wrote the examinations to complete his long interrupted carpentry apprenticeship and obtained his Red Seal certificate. He, with others, also contributed $1 million to establish the Waiward Centre for Steel Technologies at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.