Tony Di Benedetto

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Tony Di Benedetto
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Nationality Canadian
Occupationbusinessman

Tony Di Benedetto is a Canadian entrepreneur who has built, operated and divested various Canadian businesses since the 1990s. [1] Di Benedetto's title is Business Strategy at Drone Delivery Canada, a technology firm based in Vaughan that has developed drone delivery logistics technology for Canadian retailers, service providers and government agencies. [2]

Di Benedetto co-founded Drone Delivery Canada. Drone Delivery Canada was launched in January 2014. [3] Drone Delivery Canada is publicly traded on the Canadian TSX.V Exchange under the symbol FLT, on the U.S. OTC QB market under the symbol TAKOF and on the Frankfurt exchange in Germany under the symbol A2AMGZ or ABB.F. [4]

Di Benedetto also holds board positions in other ventures including Data Centre Realty, a Canadian data centre design / build firm, and Di Benedetto Group, a real estate investment group. Di Benedetto has been involved in a number of other Canadian ventures. [5]

In 2009, Di Benedetto launched Data Centers Canada along with his brother Paul. [6] In May 2013, Terago Networks, a Toronto Stock Exchange listed telecom services provider acquired Data Centers Canada., [7] [8]

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