RCI

Rogers Communications Inc.

A major Canadian telecom and media company, Rogers runs wireless, cable TV, and home internet under brands like Rogers, Fido, and chatr, and also owns Sportsnet, the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Rogers Centre. It was founded in 1960 when Ted Rogers Jr. mortgaged his home to buy a Toronto radio station, honoring his late father, inventor Edward Rogers Sr., who built the first AC radio tube in 1925. Fun fact: the family's earlier station CFRB stood for "Rogers Batteryless," a nod to his dad's invention that let radios run on household electricity instead of batteries.