EDWARD SAMUEL ROGERS

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'Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers, Jr.,' OC, BA, LL.B, D.Sc (born May 27, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario) is the President and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc. His father Edward S. Rogers, Sr. is regarded as the founder of the company, although the radio station that he founded is now owned by competitor Standard Radio.
Ted Rogers

Educated at Upper Canada College, where he was a member of Seaton's House, Rogers graduated from Trinity College, at the University of Toronto, in 1956 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. While an undergrad, Rogers joined the Sigma Chi Fraternity. In 1979 he was named a Significant Sig - the 21st Canadian to be inducted. In 1960, while still a student at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, he bought all the shares in local radio station (CHFI) that pioneered the use of FM (frequency modulation) at a time when only 5% of the Toronto households had FM receivers. By 1965, he was in the cable TV business; Rogers Communications was established in 1967 and has grown into one of Canada's largest media conglomerates.
Rogers has been the owner of the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball team since September 1, 2000, when Rogers Communications Inc. purchased 80% of the baseball club with the Labatt Brewing Company Ltd. maintaining 20% interest and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce relinquishing its 10% share. Since the 2003 season, he now owns 100% of the team. Moreover, the Blue Jays's home ballpark, SkyDome, was renamed Rogers Centre after Roger's firm purchased the stadium (including naming rights).
In 1990, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

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On Tuesday, May 29th, 2007, Ted Rogers and Loretta Rogers made a transformational gift of $15 million to Ryerson University. The donation is directed towards the Faculty of Business, which in recognition will be renamed the Ted Rogers School of Management. The gift aims to make a dramatic difference to the lives of students by greatly enhancing accessibility and the
quality of the student experience. The majority of the gift will be used to establish 52 new undergraduate and graduate student awards and scholarships, at unprecedented levels for the University. The gift also aims to establish a new Research Chair to seed academic initiatives that will attract outstanding faculty and create centres of excellence in management research.

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List of billionaires

List of Upper Canada College alumni

Ryerson University

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Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People

Order of Canada Citation

Terror phone clone scam exposed, The Register 19th December 2005

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