Businessman. He was a Canadian businessman who founded Rogers Communications, Canada's largest telecommunications company. He was the son of Edward Samuel Rogers Sr., the inventor of the world's first Batteryless Radio who died in 1939 when he was five years old. He was born in Toronto, educated at Upper Canada College, graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and then attended Osgoode Hall Law School. In 1960 while still in law school he purchased CHFI, Canada's first FM radio station, and the next year he partnered with others to start CFTO, Toronto's first private television station. In the mid-1960s he and his same partners started offering cable television in the Greater Toronto Area. He later bought out his partners and acquired competitors including Canadian Cablesystems. An expansion into the United States followed and for a time in the 1980s Rogers was the world's largest cable television provider. He foresaw the coming of wireless communications and partnered in the founding of Cantel, later Rogers Wireless, which started offering service in 1985. He sold the company's US cable operations in 1989 to fund the expansion of the Canadian wireless network. In 1994 Rogers purchased Maclean-Hunter which owned radio and TV stations, cable networks, and print media. He bought the Toronto Blue Jays team in 2000 and four years later bought Microcell Solutions which owned the Fido cellular brand. He married Loretta Anne Robinson in 1963 and they had four children including Edward Samuel Rogers III, the current chair of Rogers Communications.
Businessman. He was a Canadian businessman who founded Rogers Communications, Canada's largest telecommunications company. He was the son of Edward Samuel Rogers Sr., the inventor of the world's first Batteryless Radio who died in 1939 when he was five years old. He was born in Toronto, educated at Upper Canada College, graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and then attended Osgoode Hall Law School. In 1960 while still in law school he purchased CHFI, Canada's first FM radio station, and the next year he partnered with others to start CFTO, Toronto's first private television station. In the mid-1960s he and his same partners started offering cable television in the Greater Toronto Area. He later bought out his partners and acquired competitors including Canadian Cablesystems. An expansion into the United States followed and for a time in the 1980s Rogers was the world's largest cable television provider. He foresaw the coming of wireless communications and partnered in the founding of Cantel, later Rogers Wireless, which started offering service in 1985. He sold the company's US cable operations in 1989 to fund the expansion of the Canadian wireless network. In 1994 Rogers purchased Maclean-Hunter which owned radio and TV stations, cable networks, and print media. He bought the Toronto Blue Jays team in 2000 and four years later bought Microcell Solutions which owned the Fido cellular brand. He married Loretta Anne Robinson in 1963 and they had four children including Edward Samuel Rogers III, the current chair of Rogers Communications.
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