Joey Saputo

Giuseppe 'Joey' Saputo (born September 25, 1964) is a Canadian businessman and the president of the Montreal Impact soccer team he founded in 1993, and Saputo Stadium, named after his family's dairy products company. He is the Chairman of the Italian football club Bologna F.C. 1909.

Joey Saputo is the son of Emanuele "Lino" Saputo, the founder and head of Saputo, a Canadian dairy products company that also markets a range of other items like spaghetti sauce. Saputo's other holdings include the largest dairy company in Canada, Vachon Inc., the snack company responsible for the Jos. Louis dessert. Joey Saputo has four sons.

In 1985 Joey Saputo began working for the family business, Saputo Inc., a dairy processing company founded by his father Lino Saputo in 1954. In 1990, he was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of the Dairy Products Division for the United States. After occupying various positions within the organization, he was named Senior Vice President of Commercial and Business Development in January 2004.

When Saputo was the founding president in 1993, the Saputo Group was the team's sole owner; however, under his leadership, in 1999, the club was sold to a group of shareholders. In 2002, the team was incorporated as a non-profit organization, and he played a "pivotal role in the re-launch of the club and returned as President. He then spearheaded the construction of Saputo Stadium, the team’s new home, inaugurated at Olympic Park, Montreal, on May 19, 2008.

By 2007, he had left the Saputo Group in order to focus on the Impact. In 2012 he led the club’s entry into Major League Soccer (MLS) and oversaw the Saputo Stadium's expansion. Under his leadership, "professional soccer’s popularity has soared to unprecedented heights in Quebec", with the Impact having won three championships, two Canadian championships, and a quarterfinal berth in the CONCACAF Champions League.

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