Walter James Treliving (born 12 May 1941) is a Canadian businessman and TV personality who co-owns

Boston Pizza Boston Pizza (BP), known as Boston's The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant and Sports Bar outside of Canada, is a Canadian multinational restaurant chain that owns and franchises locations in Canada, the United States and Mexico. History Boston Pizza ...

. From 2006 to 2021, Treliving was one of the investor "dragons" on the Canadian television show ''

Dragons' Den ''Dragons' Den'' is a reality television program format in which entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the hope of securing investment finance from them. The program originated in 2001 in Japan, where it is k ...

''.

Career

Treliving used to work for the

Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal police, federal and national police service of ...

. In 1968, Treliving noticed the growing popularity of

and purchased the rights to open a restaurant in

Penticton Penticton ( ) is a city in the Okanagan Valley of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, situated between Okanagan and Skaha lakes. In the 2016 Canadian Census, its population was 33,761, while its census agglomeration The ce ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

. With George Melville, a chartered accountant and Treliving's business consultant and later partner, in 1983 he bought the Boston Pizza chain from Ron Coyle. By 1995, the chain had grown to 95 restaurants in Western Canada with sales in excess of $110 million (). Currently Boston Pizza and Boston's the Gourmet Pizza (US and Mexico division) have over 435 restaurants throughout North America. In 2006, Treliving joined the cast of the

CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...

program, ''

''. Treliving was one of the "dragons", or potential investors in the business propositions made by aspiring entrepreneurs. He left in 2020. Treliving had been with the show for the first fifteen of its seasons.

Personal life

Treliving's son,

Brad Treliving Brad Treliving (born August 18, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman, and current general manager for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). In 1996, Treliving co-founded the Western Professional Hocke ...

, is the

general manager A general manager (GM) is an executive who has overall responsibility for managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company's income statement, known as profit & loss (P&L) responsibility. A general manager usually oversees most or all of ...

for the

Calgary Flames The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary. The Flames compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and ...

of the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

Awards

* Canada Walk of Fame: 2019 *

Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the ...

References

External links

CBC bioOfficial website
* 1941 births Businesspeople from Manitoba Canadian food industry businesspeople Fast-food chain founders Living people Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers Participants in Canadian reality television series People from Virden, Manitoba Members of the Order of Canada {{Canada-business-bio-stub