David Cynamon (born October 19, 1963) is a Canadian company executive and was the former co-owner of the

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from 2003 to 2010 with

Howard Sokolowski Howard Sokolowski, is a property developer, philanthropist and sport business owner from Toronto. He is the husband of Linda Frum and was the former co-owner of the Toronto Argonauts with David Cynamon from 2003 to 2010.Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

, during his childhood, Cynamon used to work at his father's sales stands at

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games. Later, he moved to

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and operated a group of

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s. Whilst in Toronto, he attended

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. There, he played

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for the York Yeomen from 1983-1986, and was a

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. After university he worked as for ''KIK Corporation'' a detergent manufacturer, becoming an executive. Later, he changed company and became the CEO of ''KCP Income Fund''.Honey, I bought the Argos
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'' retrieved 8 February 2014

Toronto Argonauts

On 5 November 2003, with Sokolowski, Cynamon became an owner of the Toronto Argonauts. They purchased it from the

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for $2 million.Lions owner helped rescue ailing Argos
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'' retrieved 8 February 2014 News that the Argonauts were owned by Toronto inhabitants was welcomed by fans of the team. Once they had bought it, they sought moving the team into a stadium that suited the Argonauts' regular attendance of 20,000-25,000. Attempts were made to move the Argonauts to either the

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or to

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but nothing came about. On the field, the team won the

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in 2004 under the head coach Michael 'Pinball' Clemons, the first black coach to ever win the

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. Despite Grey Cup success and increased sales, the team lost money over the six years. On 9 February 2010, they sold the team to

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who had originally loaned them half of the required money to purchase the Argonauts from the Canadian Football League.

Charity

Cynamon and his family operate a charitable foundation ''The David and Stacey Cynamon Family Foundation''. In 2007, with Sokolowski, Cynamon gave $4 million to The Hospital for Sick Children. Additionally, they also gave $5 million to a Jewish community centre for the development of Sports Complex in Toronto.JewishToronto.com
retrieved 8 February 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cynamon, David Toronto Argonauts owners Canadian sports businesspeople Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Businesspeople from Edmonton York University alumni York Lions football players 1963 births Jewish Canadian philanthropists