John Bitove

Who is John Bitove?

John I. Bitove, Jr. is a Canadian businessman and sportsman. Through Obelysk he is involved in several companies including; the major shareholder and chairman of KEYreit Canada's largest "small box" real estate investment trust, Sirius XM Canada Canada's largest subscriber audio service and Mobilicity a new wireless service focused on Canada's major cities.

In 2005 he established the S’Cool Life Fund which has raised over $2 million to fund extracurricular activities in Canadian schools. To date S'Cool Life Fund has provided grants for 746 school D.R.E.A.M.S. projects across Canada helping to make school life more enjoyable for thousands of public elementary school kids.

Bitove was the volunteer president of the City of Toronto bid for the 2008 Olympic Games. He was the founder of the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association franchise as well as the creator of the new home of sports and entertainment in Toronto the Air Canada Centre.

He has also been the volunteer organizer for the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics and the 1994 FIBA World Championship of Basketball. In 2005 he received the first James Naismith Award of Excellence by Canada Basketball.