Vivian Prem Watsa, born in Hyderabad, India, is an Indian-Canadian billionaire businessman. He earned a chemical engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras before moving to London, Ontario, where he completed an MBA at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. To support his education, Watsa sold furnaces and air conditioners.
After graduating, Watsa worked for Confederation Life.