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4. Ron Foxcroft: President & CEO; Fox 40 International

Ron Foxcroft

By Keanin Loomis, President & CEO, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce

After dropping out of high school, Foxy became a professional basketball referee. He worked in multiple NCAA conferences, traveling from Hamilton to four US cities each week. He now consults for the NBA. He is beloved by everyone in the global basketball industry.

As a young family man, he bought a trucking company on little more than like-ability, grit and determination. He was the daily 5am dispatcher and built the company into a dominant regional player in the logistics industry.

After experiencing multiple whistle malfunctions as a referee, he patented the world’s first pea-less whistle, creating another empire. Made in Hamilton, he has cornered the global whistle market and designed a product that can never be improved upon.

On top of the five decades of 120-hour workweeks, he’s served on and chaired all the big boards in Hamilton and Burlington, and spearheaded countless fundraising efforts that have easily raised nine figures.

Wearing Hamilton on his sleeve on all his journeys, he knows everyone that matters and everything that is going on, locally, provincially and beyond.

He’s arguably the world’s dean of basketball refereeing and has built an empire, out-sized persona and global influence.

And yet he schedules his own meetings, responds immediately to an email and always has time to hear a problem and offer advice.

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