Bill Borger
Male, Person
1974 –
Who is Bill Borger?
Bill Borger Jr. is a Calgary-based businessman, adventurer, philanthropist, and Canadian Chartered Accountant. On September 9, 2000 Borger became the first Calgarian to successfully swim the English Channel. As a part of the English Channel swim Borger raised $100,000 for the Canadian Mental Health Association. On May 11, 2011 Borger became the first Canadian to have both swum the English Channel and to have climbed Mt. Everest. The Mt. Everest climb was used to raise funds for the Calgary Handibus Association; for this charity Borger raised $400,000. Borger's website states, as of June 6, 2011 that monies raised for the Calgary Handibus Association are $502,350. The combined efforts of climbing Mt. Everest and swimming the English Channel placed Borger as the fifth person ever to do so; these combined events are known as Peak and Pond.
Bill Borger is currently the President of the Borger Group of Companies.
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