Culver began working at Alcan in 1949, eventually rising to CEO in 1979. From 1986 to 1989, he was chairman of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. In 1989, he became a founding partner of CAI Private Equity, a firm specializing in
leveraged buyouts, restructurings, acquisitions, and recapitalizations. He was a co-founder and Canadian chairman for 11 years of the Canada-Japan Business Committee. He was the chairman of iLiv Technologies Inc. (iLiv.com). He was a member of the
Augusta National Golf Club. Culver was the author, with Alan Freeman, of
Expect Miracles: Recollections of a Lucky Life (McGIll-Queen's University Press 2014). In 1983, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1988. In 1990, he was made an Officer of the
National Order of Quebec. He also joined the
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Grand Cordon, of Japan. Additionally, in 1990, he was awarded
Concordia University's John Molson School of Business Award of Distinction. ==Death==