Loretta Anne Rogers

Loretta Rogers
Born Loretta Anne Robinson
1939/1940 (age 78–79)[1]
Residence Toronto, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Net worth US$ 5.5 billion (January 2016)[1]
Spouse(s) Ted Rogers (deceased)
Children Lisa Anne Rogers
Edward Rogers III
Melinda Mary Rogers
Martha Loretta Rogers
Parent(s) Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere

Loretta Anne Rogers (née Robinson) is a Canadian billionaire philanthropist and the widow and heiress of Ted Rogers, who was the CEO and of Rogers Communications.

Early life

A baron's daughter; Rogers was born the Honorable Loretta Anne Robinson on 13 April 1939, the only daughter of Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere (1907-1989) and Lady Martonmere, (née Maysie Gasque) (died 1989).[2] Her father was a British Conservative Party politician and Governor of Bermuda from 1964 to 1972.

Education

Rogers holds a B.A.from the University of Miami.

Rogers received honorary Doctorates of Laws from the University of Western Ontario and from Ryerson University.

Personal life

She married Ted Rogers on 25 September 1963.[3]

Together, the Rogers had four children: Lisa, Edward, Melinda, and Martha.[3]

Rogers Communications Inc.

Rogers has served as a Non-Independent Director of Rogers Communications Inc. since December 1979, and is a Director of Rogers Media Inc., Rogers Telecommunications Inc., Rogers Cable Inc., and Rogers Wireless Communications Inc.[4]

Rogers' only son, Edward Rogers III, is the deputy chairman of Rogers Communications. Rogers is the chair of the Rogers Control Trust, which controls the majority of the voting shares of Rogers Communications Inc.

Daughter Melinda Rogers Hixson founded Rogers Venture Partners, the technology investment arm headquartered in San Francisco, and is the Vice Chair of Rogers Control Trust of Rogers Communications .[1][5]

In February 2016, Forbes magazine estimated Rogers' net worth at US$5.5 billion.[1]

Philanthropy

With her late husband, Ted Rogers, she established the Loretta A. Rogers Chair in Eating Disorders at Toronto General & Western Hospital, part of the University Health Network, where she has served on the Foundation Board since 2005 and where, in 2009, the Ted Rogers and Family Chair in Heart Function was established, further complemented by the Ted Rogers Centre of Excellence in Heart Function in 2012, [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Loretta Robinson". Forbes. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Lundy, Darryl The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe
  3. 1 2 "Edward Samuel 'Ted' Rogers". Maclean's. 2 December 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Bllomberg Bloomberg L.P.; "Loretta Anne Rogers" (Id=766532&privcapId=378755); accessed 1 Nov 2017.
  5. ↑ Pullen, Kellt "The Man Who Would Be King: inside the ruthless battle for control of the $34-billion Rogers empire"; Toronto Life; 16 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Loretta Anne Rogers". tgwhf.ca. Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
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