On Oct. 6, more than 300 guests from Toronto’s business, political, philanthropic and cultural communities gathered to celebrate the launch of “From Floor to Fortune,” the new memoir by Steve Gupta, founder and chairman of the Gupta Group. Among the notable attendees were Ontario Premier Doug Ford, former prime minister Stephen Harper, and India’s high commissioner to Canada, Dinesh K. Patnaik. The evening featured an intimate conversation with journalist Steve Paikin, celebrating Gupta’s remarkable journey from arriving in Canada with just $108, to building one of the country’s leading hospitality and real estate empires.
