Revenge of the clone

It was 1991 and Goran Varaklic, new to Canada and fresh out of a job, decided to put his knowledge of computers to work. He turned the den of his suburban Toronto apartment into his workshop and started assembling personal computer systems that he sold at cut-rate prices through the classifieds. Today, his company, MDG Computers Canada Inc., is the country's largest Canadian-owned PC manufacturer. With revenues estimated to be between $400 million and $600 million, MDG has not only become a strong Canadian brand, it changed the class system of the industry.