Sam Mizrahi

Background

About Sam Mizrahi

Sam Mizrahi is the president and founder of Mizrahi Developments, a private real estate development company, specializing in the high-end luxury marketplace with an award-winning brand known for its 5-star hotel service and commitment to craftsmanship, architectural beauty and attention to detail. Sam is responsible for the acquisition of properties; the entrepreneurial and imaginative vision for their development; and the overall management of the firm, including its relationships with project investors and community and municipal stakeholders. Sam is also president and founder of Northern Citadel Bancorp a private company registered with the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) as a Mortgage Investment Trust and Administrator (MIT), as well as being the co-founder and chairman of Rauva a banking and finance super-app for businesses in the Mediterranean region. Sam has been an entrepreneur from the age of 16 on a variety of ventures. In 1992, he founded Dove Cleaners and turned it into the largest luxury dry cleaning business in Canada, with over 100 retail outlets and a state-of-the-art sq.ft. processing plant. By 2005, Dove had won numerous awards for innovation and had gone public. Sam is known in Canada as a generous philanthropic leader, having supported a range of charities in healthcare, the arts and the communities in which Mizrahi Developments is active. Within the Jewish community, he is a leading fundraiser, philanthropist and participant. Twice (in 2012 and 2013) he co-chaired the United Jewish Appeal’s “Walk with Israel,” the largest attended fundraising event in Toronto. In 2015, he was co-chair of the UJA’s “Run With Israel” event. Sam serves as a board member of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC), a non-profit organization promoting tolerance and human rights around the world.In 2014, Sam and his wife traveled as part of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s contingent of business leaders to Israel. Sam was also responsible for building the Temmy Latner Forest Hill Jewish Centre