Keith Pelley
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Keith W. Pelley (born January 11, 1964) is a sports executive who is the
Biography
Early life
Pelley grew up in Etobicoke, a suburb of Toronto, Ontario. He was a student at Martingrove Collegiate Institute, where he also played as a running back in the Etobicoke Minor Football League. After graduation, he first went on to study at Trinity College London. He then returned to Canada, attending the Radio and Television Arts Program (RTA) at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University).
During his Ryerson studies, he did television reporting for the station that eventually became
Sports executive
After graduating from Ryerson, Pelley worked in several different positions at TSN, beginning with his assistant editor post (which he started while completing his schooling at Ryerson), eventually becoming the president of the company.[2]
In the early 2000s, he was asked by the then-owners of the Toronto Argonauts, Howard Sokolowski and David Cynamon, to become the team president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Football League team (succeeding Dan Ferrone). He accepted the position in 2003, and was made CEO in 2004. During his time as team president, the Argonauts won the 92nd Grey Cup, their first CFL championship in seven years.[2] Pelley left the Argonauts in 2007, and was replaced by joint team presidents Pinball Clemons and Brad Watters.
From 2007 to 2010, he was the president of Canada’s Olympic broadcast media consortium for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver while employed as the executive vice president of strategic planning at the CTV Television Network.[3]
On 7 September 2010, he became the president of
PGA European Tour
On 17 April 2015, he resigned as the president of Rogers Media to become the commissioner and chief executive officer of the PGA European Tour.[6]
President & CEO of MLSE
On January 11, 2024, it was announced that he was hired as president and CEO of MLSE. Pelley began his tenure with MLSE on April 2, 2024. [7]
See also
- Rogers Media
- Toronto Argonauts
- PGA European Tour
References
- ^ https://www.mlse.com/news/mlse-names-keith-pelley-as-fifth-president-ceo
- ^ a b c EtobicokeSports.ca retrieved 17 April 2014
- ^ Executive Profile from Bloomberg Businessweek retrieved 17 April 2014
- ^ CTV executive Keith Pelley named president of Rogers Media from Toronto Star retrieved 17 April 2014
- ^ NHL and Rogers Communications Reach Lucrative 12-Year, $5.232 Billion Media Rights Deal from Forbes retrieved 17 April 2014
- ^ Rogers Media president Pelley resigns to take reins of European golf tour from The Globe and Mail retrieved 15 April 2015
- ^ https://www.mlse.com/news/mlse-names-keith-pelley-as-fifth-president-ceo