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Blake Charles Goldring (born September 13, 1958) is a Canadians businessman, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He is the executive chairman of AGF Management Limited, a Canadian investment management firm. As of 2025, AGF has approximately $53 billion in assets under management.
Goldring is also the chairman of Canada Company: Many Ways to Serve, a non-partisan organization he founded in 2006 to bring together community leaders across Canada to support the Canadian military and their families.
Goldring attended Victoria College at the University of Toronto, graduating with an honours degree in Economics. In his fourth year, he became the National Vice President of AIESEC. Following this, he transferred to McGill University to complete his undergraduate degree. He earned a Master of Business Administration MBA from INSEAD in 1982.
He became a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers (FICB) in 1984 and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1996.
He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the Royal Military College in 2008. He also received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Victoria University, Toronto in 2021 and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Toronto in 2024.
During his tenure, AGF acquired several wealth management firms and built and sold AGF Trust and Unisen. He also oversaw the merger of NCL Investments into Smith & Williamson. Goldring led the development of four strategic investment platforms at AGF.
Canada Company: Many Ways to Serve Goldring founded Canada Company: Many Ways to Serve in 2006. The organization supports the Canadian military and their families through various initiatives, including scholarships for children of fallen soldiers and the Military Employment Transition (MET) Program.
Other community involvement Goldring believes in giving back to his community and supports initiatives related to the arts, education, health and the Canadian military. He has experience sitting on a number of private and not-for-profit boards. He is Chair of the C.D. Howe Board of Directors, Past Chair of SIMA (formerly the Investment Funds Institute of Candid) and Co-Chaired Toronto's Economic and Cultural Recovery Advisory Group. Goldring is also past Director of The Canadian Film Centre and past Vice-Chair of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He is past Director of the Libraries and Archive of Canada Foundation, past Director of The World Wildlife Fund and a past Member of the United Way Cabinet, building on a long family history of supporting the United Way. He is active in the University of Toronto alumni community and has supported various programs and initiatives.
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