Toronto Raptors governor Larry Tanenbaum has been re-elected chairman of the NBA Board of Governors.

Tanenbaum is the first Canadian to serve on the NBA board of directors and has been governor of the Raptors since 1998.

He holds the same title with the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC.

The 79-year-old Toronto native is also chairman of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, the group that owns the three teams.

In May 2024, the WNBA awarded Toronto an expansion team to be owned and operated by Kilmer Sports Ventures, led by Tanenbaum.

The franchise, which is the WNBA’s first outside the United States, will begin operations in the 2026 season.


This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 10, 2024.

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