Tony Gagliano LL.D. (; born June 13, 1958) is a Canadian businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the executive chairman and CEO of St. Joseph Communications, Canada's largest private communications company. St. Joseph is the publisher of many of Canada's magazines including Toronto Life and Fashion. Gagliano is President of the Art Gallery of Ontario and is co-founder and chair of Toronto's Festival of Creativity & Arts, Luminato. In 2009 he was appointed onto the board of the 2015 Toronto Pan American Games. Background Tony Gagliano was born to Italian immigrants Gaetano Gagliano and Giussepina Gagliano in 1958 in Toronto, Ontario. He was their seventh child, He has four brothers and five sisters. Gaetano started a small print shop in his basement and encouraged his children to come work for him to help grow the business. Gagliano has a Bachelor of Business Management from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (1980). He is married with three children and currently resides in Toronto. Business In 1979, he began his rise in the print industry with his first of many positions with St. Joseph Communications. He became general manager in 1987 and, shortly thereafter, at 29 years of age, was named president. After several years with the organization, he became chief executive officer in 1995. As of 2019, he served as executive chairman and chief executive officer of St. Joseph Communications. Arts After serving on the board of the Art Gallery of Ontario for several years, in 2009 Gagliano was appointed president of the board as the successor to Charles Baillie. Gagliano also led a huge initiative for the AGO which is Galleria Italia. A $13 million plan to create a beautiful space at the Art Gallery during its renovation by Canadian born architect Frank Gehry. The special aspect of this was that it was a gift from all Italian families to the city of Toronto and to Canada which has been such a great home for all Italians. In 2009, along with the support and funding of the Canadian Federal Government, Gagliano and Pecaut announced the "Canadian Prize". A new Canada Prize for the Arts and Creativity could be in place by 2010, with large cash prizes for emerging artists in dance, music, theatre and visual arts. The federal budget allocated $25 million toward an endowment to support the awards, which would be open to artists around the world. It has never materialized. Luminato