Chris Rudge

Chris Rudge (born 1945) is a Canadian business executive. He was chairman and CEO for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League from 2012 to 2015. Following a business career in the printing industry, Rudge was CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, and also chaired the successful Canadian program 'Own The Podium'.

Biography Rudge grew up in Malton, Ontario, which is now a part of the amalgamated city of Mississauga. He earned an undergraduate degree in Physical Education from the University of Toronto, and a certificate in Education from Queen's University.

Rudge was a senior executive with the printing firm Quebecor World Inc. He retired from that role in 2002, when Quebecor World was the world's largest commercial printing firm. In May 2015, the Toronto Argonauts were bought by Kilmer Sports and Bell Canada from David Braley, and Michael Copeland replaced Rudge as President and CEO of the Argonauts at the beginning of 2016, when Rudge's contract came to an end in December 2015.