From his earliest days buying Canada’s first FM radio station, CHFI, to developing Rogers Cable, Media and Wireless, Relentless tells the true story of the man who stood alone among Canada’s all-time business giants. Relentless is the amazing story of a young man who overcame the early death of his father—which cost the family a burgeoning radio business—to establish and nurture one of the biggest communications companies in North America.

Relentless, published mere weeks before Ted Rogers’ death in late 2008, is filled with back-room deals, on-air battles and the often outrageous exploits of an extraordinary entrepreneur. The book made headlines coast to coast when it was first published, and Rogers’ passing spawned tributes in newspapers, as well as on radio, Tv and the Internet, in Canada and around the world.

Ted Rogers, O.C., LL.B., D.Sc., B.A., was president and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc. A graduate of Trinity College at the University of Toronto, Rogers bought CHFI while still a student, and by 1967 he was in the cable TV business. Rogers Communications has grown into one of Canada’s most successful conglomerates. In 1990, Rogers was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. He had numerous other honours vested upon him by universities, business groups and philanthropic organizations from across North America. Ted Rogers passed away on December 2, 2008.

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HAZEL McCALLION was first elected Mayor of Mississauga in November 1978 and is the longest serving mayor in the city's history. Born in Port Daniel on the Gaspe Coast of Quebec and educated in Quebec City and Montreal, she began her career in Montreal with Canadian Kellogg, an engineering and contracting firm, and was transferred to Toronto in 1942 to help set up the local office. First as mayor of Streetsville and then of Mississauga, McCallion has become a political and business leader and an icon in the community, and has earned her position as a visionary and a tough leader.

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• National Business Book Award

“Relentless is really three books in one: the story of Ted Rogers’ childhood and schooling, a retelling of his rise to power as head of Rogers Communications, and a brief set of principles for succeeding in business.” — Quill & Quire