John Ivan Bitove

John Ivan Bitove has served on the Bird Board since January 2023. Mr. Bitove is the Chairman and co-founder of Bird Canada, and investment company Obelysk. Obelysk brought SiriusXM satellite radio to Canada and is a major investor across a portfolio of businesses. Mr. Bitove was also the founder of the Toronto Raptors of the NBA. Aside from Bird Global, Mr. Bitove is also serves on the boards of a number of private companies and charitable foundations including Gibraltar & Company, Maverix Private Equity, Selva Ventures I GP, LLC, Canadian Olympic Foundation, Macedonia 2025 Charitable Foundation, Wake Forest University, Brian Mulroney Institute of Government at St. Francis Xavier University, The S'Cool Public Education Foundation, and Telefilm Canada's Talent Fund. Mr. Bitove holds a B.S. in Marketing from Indiana University, and L.L.B. from the University of Windsor.