Tony Staffieri

Tony Staffieri serves as President and CEO of Rogers Communications, one of Canada's largest telecommunications and media companies. Rogers provides wireless services (serving approximately 12 million subscribers), cable internet, television, and home phone services, and operates a media division that includes Sportsnet, Citytv, and other broadcasting properties. The company also holds the exclusive national NHL broadcasting rights. The defining event of Staffieri's tenure was completing the $26 billion acquisition of Shaw Communications in 2023 — the largest telecom deal in Canadian history. The merger combined Rogers' wireless dominance in eastern Canada with Shaw's cable strength in western Canada (particularly Alberta and British Columbia), creating the country's largest combined cable and wireless operator. The deal required the divestiture of Shaw's wireless brand (Freedom Mobile) to Quebecor to satisfy regulatory requirements. Post-merger, Rogers faces the challenge of integrating the Shaw operations while servicing approximately $40 billion in debt. The company's strategy focuses on network investment (5G deployment, fiber expansion), realizing synergies from the Shaw integration, and growing its wireless subscriber base in western Canada. Key stock drivers include wireless subscriber additions, ARPU trends, cable internet competition (from Bell's fiber expansion), Shaw integration synergies, debt reduction pace, and the competitive dynamics in Canada's concentrated telecom market.