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Michael Lombardi (entrepreneur)

Canadian-born entrepreneur

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ25378833 ↗
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Michael Lombardi (born 1964) is a Canadian-born entrepreneur, investor, publisher and author.

He is the CEO of Lombardi's Alpha Corporation (formerly Lombardi Media Corporation), a holding company that owns a group of businesses concentrated in publishing, digital media, customer contact services, consumer goods, direct marketing and product fulfillment. Lombardi has been listed in Who's Who in Canadian Business.

Early life

Lombardi was born in Toronto in 1964. He attended Chaminade College before attending York University and later received his MBA from the Graduate Business School, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1986, he founded Lombardi Publishing Corporation.

Career

Lombardi Publishing Corporation experienced rapid growth in the 2000s and was ranked several times as one of Canada's 100 fastest growing companies by Profit Magazine.

In the late 1990s, through his holding company, Lombardi started acquiring companies that supplied the Canadian direct marketing industry. Lombardi purchased Anvon Sale Tech Inc. and Templeman Direct Marketing Limited, two major suppliers to the Canadian direct marketing industry.

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