Edward Samuel Rogers III is a Canadian businessman., 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.
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. Rogers is a director of the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation and the ONEXONE Foundation. Much of his' focus during his almost 20 years with Rogers Communications has focused around innovation. In 1997, he launched wireless data at Rogers Wireless and signed a deal making Rogers the first carrier anywhere to launch the BlackBerry. In 2003 under his leadership Rogers entered the enterprise business segment under Rogers Cable. He deployed packet-cable local telephony services at Rogers Cable in Q3 2005. In 2011, he led the launch of Rogers Smart Home Monitoring, the fifth Rogers product. In 2013, he led the company's launch into financial services with the launch of the mobile wallet and the launch of a Rogers branded credit card. In 2012 these initiatives contributed over $3.5 billion of revenue to Rogers. 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. Under his leadership Rogers Cable's EBITDA more than doubled. 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. 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 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 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.
