Edward Rogers

The businesses in detail

How the main business makes money. Rogers bills about 12.2 million mobile phone customers and 4.5 million home internet customers every month. Wireless brought in C$10.72B of 2025 revenue, cable C$7.87B and media and sports C$3.29B. Adjusted EBITDA, a measure of profit before interest, tax and depreciation, was C$9.82B. Wireless made C$5.36B of it, cable C$4.59B and media C$241M.

Biggest deals.

• Shaw Communications: C$26B, announced in March 2021 and closed in April 2023.
• MLSE in three steps: C$533M for 37.5% (2012), C$4.7B for Bell's 37.5% (July 2025) and C$4.35B for the last 25% (October 2026). The last step was paid with short-term bank credit drawn on 1 October.
• June 2025: Blackstone-backed funds paid US$4.85B (C$6.7B) for 49.9% of a unit holding part of the wireless network.
• 2013: a 12-year, C$5.2B deal for national NHL television rights.
• Next: Rogers plans to sell a minority stake in its new Rogers Sports unit by mid-2027 to cut debt.

Career path

1. 1992

   Starts work at Comcast in the Philadelphia area

2. 1994

   Joins Rogers in sales, paging, cable and strategy roles

3. 2003

   Becomes president and CEO of Rogers Cable, until 2009

4. 2008-2009

   Father Ted Rogers dies; Edward is passed over for CEO and becomes chair of the control trust

5. 2012

   Rogers and Bell each buy 37.5% of MLSE

6. 2023

   The Shaw takeover closes

7. January 2024

   Sisters Melinda and Martha leave the board under a private settlement

8. August 2024

   Named executive chair

9. July 2025

   Rogers reaches 75% of MLSE

10. October 2026

    Rogers reaches 100% of MLSE and forms Rogers Sports

Teams and sports assets

Owns now 14

• teamToronto RaptorsNBA · Basketball · CanadaSince 2012 · 100% through MLSE since 1 Oct 2026 (37.5% from 2012, 75% from 2025) · about C$9.58B in three steps for 100% of MLSE
• teamRaptors 905NBA G League · Basketball · CanadaSince 2012 · 100% through MLSE
• teamToronto Maple LeafsNHL · Ice hockey · CanadaSince 2012 · 100% through MLSE · inside the MLSE purchases
• teamToronto MarliesAHL · Ice hockey · CanadaSince 2012 · 100% through MLSE
• teamToronto FCMLS · Soccer · CanadaSince 2012 · 100% through MLSE · inside the MLSE purchases
• teamToronto FC IISoccer · Canada100% through MLSE
• teamToronto ArgonautsCFL · Canadian football · Canada100% through MLSE
• arenaScotiabank ArenaCanadaSince 2012 · 100% through MLSE · inside the MLSE purchases
• arenaOVO Athletic CentreBasketball · Canadaowned through MLSE
• arenaBMO FieldCanadamanaged by MLSE, not owned
• teamToronto Blue JaysMLB · Baseball · CanadaSince 2000 · 100%, direct · 80% at a $140M valuation (2000); the rest in 2004
• arenaRogers CentreBaseball · Canada100%, direct · roughly $300M private renovation
• sports businessSportsnetSports TV · CanadaSince 1998 · 100%; co-founded
• sports businessNational NHL television rightsNHL · Ice hockey · CanadaSince 2014 · held by Sportsnet · C$5.2B over 12 years (signed 2013); since renewed for 12 more years

Other investments and assets

• Companies and funds: He chairs Rogers Bank and Constantine Enterprises and sits on the CableLabs board.
• Property: A 2014 profile named a Forest Hill home in Toronto, a compound on Lake Rosseau and a house in Lyford Cay, Bahamas.
• Family in the business: His sister Lisa Rogers sits on the Rogers board. Sisters Melinda Rogers-Hixon and Martha Rogers left it on 17 January 2024.

Giving and politics

• He is a past director of the SickKids Foundation and honorary co-chair of Scarborough Health Network's Love, Scarborough campaign.
• Rogers runs a C$50M, five-year programme to help young people balance screen time with activity.
• He served on the Economic Council of Canada from 2010 to 2013 and joined the Order of Ontario in 2026.

How they run their teams

• Keith Pelley, MLSE chief executive since April 2024, runs daily operations and now also leads Rogers Media.
• The Toronto Star, as cited by Complex, reported that in 2021 he tried to block Masai Ujiri's roughly $15M-a-year extension. Larry Tanenbaum, then governor, overruled him.
• Ujiri was removed in June 2025. Pelley said the decision was his, backed by the board, CBS Sports reported.
• A family dispute over control, begun in 2021, ended in a private settlement in January 2024, Bloomberg Law reported.
• Tanenbaum has stepped down as governor. Micky Arison succeeded him as chairman of the NBA Board of Governors.

What they have said

• He sees the teams as community assets held in trust for fans and for Canadians.
• Sports is now a core business; equity partners would follow the full MLSE purchase, to reduce debt.
• Owning teams feeds Sportsnet with games, and owning several gives the scale to spend on players and facilities.
• The board's priority is long-term investment in networks, content and sports, with over C$16B put into sports in a decade.
• Fans invest time, passion and dreams in their teams, not only money.

Little-known facts

• He began his career at Comcast, the company that later sold the 76ers to Josh Harris.
• In 2011 he and his sister wanted Rogers to buy the pension fund's MLSE stake alone. The board chose a joint bid with Bell.
• In 2021 he proposed merging the MLSE stake with the Blue Jays; Bell and Tanenbaum refused. That merger is now the stated Rogers plan.
• Rogers booked a C$1.03B non-cash loss in mid-2026 when its liability for the last MLSE stake was revalued.
• Game 7 of the 2025 World Series drew an average of 10.9 million viewers on Sportsnet, the largest Rogers audience ever.