Sarah Thomson

Sarah Jane Thomson, also known as Sarah Jane Whatmough-Thomson, (born 1968) is an entrepreneur who was publisher and CEO of the Women's Post and a former candidate for mayor of Toronto. Early career Thomson was born Sarah Jane Whatmough in Toronto and grew up in Burlington, Ontario. After dropping out of high school at 15, leaving home, and spending several months couch surfing and living on the streets, she began working at a gas station at age 16 and progressed quickly to become a manager, and Sunoco franchise dealer, until at the age of 18, she founded a company to manage and turnaround struggling gas stations. Her management company grossed over $30 million a year with more than 200 employees. While building her management company, Thomson enrolled at McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario as a mature student at the age of 21 to study Philosophy and English. In her twenties, Thomson became involved in restoring old homes. She created a small bookstore in her home and went through a long and drawn out rezoning process that drew her into politics.