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'''Edward Samuel Rogers III''' (born June 22, 1969) is a Canadian businessman. {{As of|2018}}, he is the chairman of [[Rogers Communications]]. He is also chairman of the Rogers Control Trust, which controls the majority of the voting shares of Rogers Communications. |
'''Edward Samuel Rogers III''' (born June 22, 1969) is a Canadian businessman. {{As of|2018}}, he is the chairman of [[Rogers Communications]]. He is also chairman of the Rogers Control Trust, which controls the majority of the voting shares of Rogers Communications. |
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He was disgraced during the pandemic when it came out that he ran an in person private school out of his home in violation of Canadian law. He subsequently posted pictures of his family visiting the racist traitor Donald trump, unleashing an overdue public backlash. |
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==Life and career== |
==Life and career== |
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| Born | Edward Samuel Rogers III June 22, 1969 |
| Nationality (legal) | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Board member of | Rogers Communications Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment CableLabs Economic Council of Canada |
| Spouse | Suzanne Kolev (m. 2006) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Edward S. Rogers Jr. Loretta Robinson |
| Relatives | Edward S. Rogers Sr. |
Edward Samuel Rogers III (born June 22, 1969) is a Canadian businessman. As of 2018[update], he is the chairman of Rogers Communications. He is also chairman of the Rogers Control Trust, which controls the majority of the voting shares of Rogers Communications.
He was disgraced during the pandemic when it came out that he ran an in person private school out of his home in violation of Canadian law. He subsequently posted pictures of his family visiting the racist traitor Donald trump, unleashing an overdue public backlash.
Life and career
Rogers is the chairman of the board of directors of Rogers Communications Inc. and also chairman of its Finance Committee, Nominating Committee, and Executive Committee. He is chairman of Rogers Bank and of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball club, and a director of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and CableLabs.[1] Rogers is a director of the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation and the ONEXONE Foundation.[2][3]
From March 1996 until November 1998, Rogers was vice president and general manager of paging, data and emerging technologies for Rogers Wireless. His accomplishments at Rogers Wireless included increasing the profitably of the paging division and the launch of wireless data. Prior to that, he served as Director of Sales for Rogers Cable Inc., where he was responsible for retail, audit sales and sales administration.
From November 1998 until September 2000, he was the vice president and general manager of the Toronto region, representing 850,000 customers for Rogers Cable Inc. In this capacity, he was responsible for financial performance, sales performance and customer satisfaction. His responsibilities included sales, marketing, customer communications, call centre operations and technical operations.
From October 2000 until December 2002, he was Senior Vice President, Planning and Strategy, for Rogers Communications Inc. In this capacity, he was responsible for directing and co-ordinating strategic planning and budgeting.
From January 2003 to September 2009 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Rogers Cable Inc., which consists of three business units. Rogers Cable is Canada's largest cable company offering cable television, high-speed Internet access and residential telephony services. Rogers Business Solutions division is a national provider of voice communications services, data networking and broadband Internet connectivity to small, medium and large businesses across the country. Rogers Retail is one of the largest retail chains in Canada with more than 475 stores. In 2009 Rogers Cable generated over $3.8 billion in revenue, over $1.3 billion in EBITDA and had over 14,000 employees.
Generally viewed as a burden on the company, he has been given ceremonial roles where it was hoped he would do little harm to the business. Ultimately it is difficult to sideline an owner, but like his sister Melinda his unsuitability for leadership has proven itself repeatedly.
Any success the company has had has been in spite of the family’s involvement since Ted’s passing.
Under his leadership Rogers Cable's EBITDA more than doubled.[citation needed] Free cash flow saw an over $800M improvement and in 2009 the company produced nearly $500M in free cash flow. At the end of tenure Rogers Cable led the Canadian cable industry in RGU penetration and ARPU per customer.
Early life and family
Like his father and grandfather, Rogers atteneded Upper Canada College.[4] Rogers graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario and worked for Comcast Corporation in the Philadelphia area from 1993 to 1996 before returning to Canada to work with the family firm.
Rogers and his wife Suzanne have three children, Chloé, Edward and Jack, and they live in Toronto.[5]
Rogers is a descendant of Timothy Rogers, the colonist settler of Newmarket, Ontario and Pickering, Ontario.
References
- ^ Francis, Andrew. "Ed Rogers, deputy chair of Rogers Communications Inc". National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ Francis, Andrew. "Board of Directors at SickKids Foundation". Archived from the original on 21 January 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "Edward S. Rogers". ONEXONE. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ https://torontolife.com/city/edward-rogers-the-man-who-would-be-king/
- ^ "Suzanne A. Rogers". ONEXONE. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
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