Ellis Jacob
C.M., President and Chief Executive Officer, Cineplex
Ellis Jacob was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Canada’s largest motion picture exhibition company, Cineplex, in October 2005. His 31 years of leadership in the motion picture exhibition industry have transformed the movie-going experience for Canadians. Mr. Jacob is also an active philanthropist. He is a member of the Board of Directors at Toronto’s Baycrest Centre for Geriatrics. At Baycrest, Mr. Jacob recently opened the Jacob Family Theatre and helped construct similar auditoriums at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children and Mount Sinai Hospital.
Mr. Jacob is a Director of Cineplex Inc., the Movie Theatre Association of Canada and the Toronto International Film Festival. He is the Chairman of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO). Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Jacob was awarded the Most Innovative CEO award from Canadian Business magazine in 2013 and in 2014, Mr. Jacob was recognized as Waterstone Capital’s Most Admired CEO in the Enterprise Category. In 2010, Mr. Jacob was appointed to the Order of Canada for his contributions to the entertainment and movie exhibition industry, and for his voluntary and philanthropic endeavours.
Mr. Jacob joined the board of the Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation in 2018.