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Andrew Colterjohn

Co-founder, Pearl's Choice

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Andrew Colterjohn co-founded Pearl's Choice, a Toronto website for comparing and reviewing Canadian retirement homes, with Bojana Nedic. The Toronto Star reported in 2015 that he had left a five-year investment-banking career and started it after watching his father track retirement-home options for his grandmother in a spreadsheet. Its former domain now hosts an unrelated site.

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Did Andrew Colterjohn co-found Pearl's Choice?

Yes. The Toronto Star reported on October 19, 2015 that "co-founders Andrew Colterjohn ... and Bojana Nedic" were behind Pearl's Choice. The company's own Our Story page, as archived by the Wayback Machine on June 26, 2016, says the two friends started it over dinner and "named their new venture after Andrew's grandmother who was the inspiration for the business."

How did Pearl's Choice start?

The Toronto Star reported on October 19, 2015 that Colterjohn came home from four months of travel to find his father comparing retirement homes for his grandmother in an Excel spreadsheet. "I couldn't believe something like this didn't exist for such a large decision," he told the paper. "We want to be the TripAdvisor of retirement homes."

What did he do before Pearl's Choice?

Investment banking. The Toronto Star reported on October 19, 2015 that Colterjohn, then 27, had "quit his five-year career in investment banking", and the Financial Post on November 9, 2015 called him a "one-time investment banker".

Is Pearl's Choice still operating?

No. Its former domain, pearlschoice.com, checked September 23, 2026, now hosts an unrelated Thai-language senior-care blog rather than the Canadian retirement-home marketplace.

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