Ronald W. Osborne BA, FCA (11 May 1946 – 9 April 2013), also known as Ron Osborne, was an

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-born

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executive, who was involved mainly with media organizations.

Life and career

Born in

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and graduated from

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in 1968, majoring in modern languages. Osborne was initially an accountant in his early career after becoming a chartered accountant in 1972. Osborne left Britain to work for

Clarkson Gordon & Co Clarkson Gordon (also known as Clarkson Gordon & Co) was a national Canadian accounting and receivership business founded in Toronto, Upper Canada in 1864 by Thomas Clarkson and operated for 125 years until the partnership elected to merge with t ...

in Toronto and later in

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in 1976. From 1981 to 1994, he was with

Maclean Hunter Maclean-Hunter (M-H) was a Canadian communications company, which had diversified holdings in radio, television, magazines, newspapers and cable television distribution. History The company began in 1887, when brothers John Bayne Maclean and Hugh ...

becoming the head of the media company in 1986. Osborne left after

Rogers Communications Rogers Communications Inc. is a Telecommunications in Canada, Canadian communications and media company operating primarily in the fields of mobile phone operator, wireless communications, cable television, telephony and Internet access, Intern ...

acquired Maclean Hunter. In 1995, Osborne went to

BCE Inc BCE Inc., formerly Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., is a publicly traded Canadian holding company for Bell Canada, which includes telecommunications providers and various mass media assets under its subsidiary Bell Media Inc. Founded through a cor ...

as COO and then with

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as president and CEO. In 1997 he left the private sector to join

Ontario Hydro Ontario Hydro, established in 1906 as the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, was a publicly owned electricity utility in the Province of Ontario. It was formed to build transmission lines to supply municipal utilities with electricity ge ...

and later as president and CEO of

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after the breakup of Ontario Hydro. In his later years he was with

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as chair in 2010 and was director of various other companies. Osborne died in his home in

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at age 66 and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Osborne, Ronald English emigrants to Canada Alumni of the University of Cambridge 1947 births 2013 deaths