John I. Bitove, (Jr.) (born 1960, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Macedonian-Canadian businessman and sportsman.[1] He is the major shareholder and chairman of Scott's Real Estate Investment Trust and Sirius XM Canada. While controlling several public and private businesses, he has recently expanded into telecommunications with a company he leads, Mobilicity (formerly DAVE Wireless). Mobilicity won spectrum in 10 of Canada's 13 largest cities to start a new wireless service for Canadians.
He is the son of John Bitove, Sr.
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 (track and field) and the 1994 FIBA World Championship of Basketball. In 2005 he received the first James Naismith Award of Excellence by Canada Basketball.
Bitove earned an undergraduate bachelor of science degree in Business (marketing) from Indiana University in 1983. He is a member of the Beta Eta Chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity. He also received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Windsor in 1984 and was called to the bar and admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario) in 1986. Since 2007 he has served on the board of trustees of Wake Forest University in North Carolina.
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