Anthony Lacavera, Chairman and CEO, Wind Mobile and Globalive Group
Regulations of Canadian Telecommunications: Past, Present and Future
Anthony Lacavera, Chairman and CEO of the Globalive Group and Wind Mobile, is a Canadian-born telecom entrepreneur. Anthony founded Globalive in 1998 and co-founded Wind Mobile in 2008. In January, 2013 Anthony founded Globalive Capital to focus on accelerating early stage technology and telecommunications companies. Since 2000, the Globalive group has founded, seeded, financed, operated, and divested of a number of companies in the Internet, Communications, and Technology sectors.
Anthony was named CEO of the Year in Canada for 2010 by the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine and was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2006. Under Anthony’s leadership Globalive has received numerous best in business awards, including ranking #1 on Profit Magazine’s 2004 list of Canada’s 100 fastest growing companies, one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies for 9 consecutive years, and twice listed as one of Canada’s 30 Best Workplaces. Anthony was named an Honorary Fellow of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto in 2012, and named to the University of Toronto’s Engineering Hall of Distinction in 2013.
In 2007 Anthony founded the SHAMBA foundation, a unique charity that assists other charities with fundraising and organizational efforts. The Shamba Foundation is approaching the $1M mark raised for a variety of causes. Anthony is a founding member of the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Galleria Italia.
Anthony co-produced the award-winning Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in London in 2010, and co-produced the Broadway production of A Street Car Named Desire in 2012.
Anthony is an active supporter of the University of Toronto as well as the University of Toronto’s Engineering School where he graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering in 1997. Anthony sits on the University’s Boundless fundraising campaign Executive. Through accelerator programs such as the Next 36, the Hatchery Project, and the MARS Accelerator fund, Anthony supports young entrepreneurs with financing and mentorship, and speaks regularly to university and college level business students about entrepreneurship.
Anthony is an aviation enthusiast and a private pilot, and enjoys flying for both work and leisure. He also enjoys snow-skiing, golf, and personal fitness.
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