John Arnold Tory QC (born 1930) is a Canadian lawyer and corporate executive. Born in Toronto, he was one of two sons of John Stewart Donald Tory. Together with his twin brother James Marshall Tory, he entered the practice of law in 1953, later founding the firm of Tory, Tory, Deslauriers (now Torys LLP) and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1965. After successfully guiding the build-up of Torys, John ceased practicing law in 1974 and began working full time for the Thomson family, first under founder Roy Thomson and then, following Roy's death in 1976, for his son Kenneth, eventually becoming President of the family's principal holding company, The Woodbridge Company Limited. He remains the president of Thomson Investments Limited. John was a friend and financial advisor of the late media magnate Kenneth Thomson for fifty years and continues to serve on the board of the Thomson Corporation, the US based electronic information company controlled by the Thomson family. He is also a close friend of media magnate Ted Rogers and has served on the board of directors of Rogers Communications since 1979. Tory was educated at University of Toronto Schools and the University of Toronto from which he earned his law degree in 1952. He is the father of Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leader John H. Tory. His other children are Jennifer (born 1955), Jeffrey (born 1960) and Michael (born 1961). He is uncle of James C. Tory, his brother's son and member of the firm. [1]
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| Corporate Directors: | Ronald Besse · Charles Birchall · H. Garfield Emerson · Peter Godsoe · Thomas Hull · Philip Lind · Nadir Mohamed · David Peterson · Ted Rogers · Edward Rogers III · Loretta Rogers · Melinda Rogers · William Schleyer · John A. Tory · J. Christopher Wansbrough · Colin Watson |
| Magazines: | Canadian Business · Chatelaine (English) · Châtelaine (French) · Flare · glow · L'actualité · LOU LOU · Maclean's · Marketing · MoneySense · Ontario Out of Doors · Profit · Today's Parent |
| Cable television: | The Biography Channel · CPAC · G4techTV Canada · OLN1 · Rogers Sportsnet · Rogers Television3 · Télévision Rogers3 · TVtropolis · The Shopping Channel · Viewers Choice |
| Conventional television: | OMNI Television: CFMT · CHXC · CHXE · CIIT4 · CJMT · Citytv: CITY · CHMI · CKAL · CKEM · CKVU · Independent: CHNU4 |
| Other assets: | Fido · Jack FM (most Canadian stations) · Rogers Cable · Rogers Building · Rogers Centre · CFMT Building · 35 Dundas Street East · Rogers Park · Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet · Rogers Telecom · Rogers Media · Rogers Plus · Rogers Wireless · Spring Fishing Show · Toronto Blue Jays |
| Radio stations: | CFAC · CFFR · CFRV · CFSR · CFTR · CHEZ · CHFI · CHFM · CHMN · CHNI · CHTT · CHUR · CHYM · CICX2 · CIGM · CIOC · CISQ · CISS · CISW · CITI · CIWW · CJAQ · CJCL · CJET · CJMX · CJNI · CJQM · CJQQ · CJRQ · CJRX · CKAT · CKBY · CKCL · CKER · CKFX · CKGB · CKGL · CKIS · CKLG · CKNI · CKQC · CKSR · CKWX · CKY |
| Notes | 1Co-owned with CTVglobemedia and Comcast. Rogers currently does not manage the channel. There is a sale pending that will give 100% control of OLN to Rogers. 2Sale to Larche Communications pending; if approved, Rogers will acquire CIKZ in the same transaction. 3These channels are only available on Rogers Cable and are not available on satellite or through other cable service providers. 4 As a condition of the CRTC approval of Citytv, Rogers must sell these stations in order to comply with CRTC restrictions on owning multiple stations in one market. These stations are now being sold to S-VOX pending CRTC approval. |
Annual Revenue: $5.60 billion CAD ( 24% FY 2004) · Employees: 18,057 · Stock Symbols: TSX: RCI.A, TSX: RCI.B, NYSE: RG · Website: www.rogers.com |
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