Richard Peddie

Richard A. Peddie
CEO and President of MLSE
In office October 1998 – December 31, 2011
Preceded by	new post
Succeeded by	Tom Anselmi - as President
Personal details
Born	January 1947 Windsor, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
Residence	Toronto
Alma mater	University of Windsor

Richard A. Peddie (born January 1947 in Windsor, Ontario) is a former President and CEO of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment.

A native of Windsor, Ontario, Peddie graduated from the University of Windsor in 1970 and received an honorary doctorate from the institution in 2001. Peddie lives in Toronto with his wife.

Peddie was President and CEO of SkyDome from August 1989 to 1994. In 1993 he took a leave of absence for six months to join Larry Tanenbaum's Palestra Group, which included Labatt, in their pursuit of an expansion National Basketball Association team for Toronto, which was ultimately awarded to a competing group and became the Toronto Raptors. While employed by the SkyDome, he was twice offered the head job of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, who played at the SkyDome.

Peddie was named the President and COO of Labatt Communications in 1994, a subsidy of Labatt Brewing Company whose assets included The Sports Network and Discovery Channel Canada. During his time with Labatt's, which also owned the Argonauts and Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball, he was involved with attempts by the company to purchasing a National Football League team and relocate it to Toronto's SkyDome.

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