Jim Treliving is Chairman and Owner of Boston Pizza International Inc. (BPI). Jim sets the corporate strategy for Boston Pizza, Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant and Sports Bar – Boston Pizza’s U.S. division – as well as Boston’s Mexico and several other businesses in which he has invested. Starting from a single restaurant franchise in 1968, Boston Pizza and Boston’s now has over 400 locations throughout North America. Jim also has additional operations throughout North America in the retail, manufacturing, real estate and service sectors with annual system-wide sales exceeding $1 billion.
In addition to his professional responsibilities, Jim is active in giving back to the community. He has been a director of the Boston Pizza Foundation since its inception in 1990 and has helped raise and donate over $35 million to Canadian charities over that time. Jim has also served on a number of volunteer boards, including the David Foster Foundation, the Jays Care Foundation, and he is actively involved as an advisor for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Foundation. For 15 seasons, Jim starred as one of the five Dragons on CBC’s reality TV show, Dragon’s Den, where aspiring entrepreneurs secure financial investment from the Dragons to start their own businesses. In 2012, Jim published “Decisions - Making the right ones and righting the wrong ones” a best-selling business book for aspiring entrepreneurs.