Jim Speros

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jim Speros
Occupation	American Businessman
Date Of Birth	Feb 17, 1959(1959-02-17)
Age	65
Birthplace	Baltimore
Country	United States
Birth City	Maryland
Horoscope	Aquarius

Jim Speros Biography

Jim Speros is one of the most popular and richest American businessman who was born on February 17, 1959 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Speros is most famous for his involvement in, and the presidency of, his team, the Baltimore CFL Colts (later known as the Baltimore Stallions), the most successful team of the Canadian soccer league’s expansion south into in the United States. The Stallions were successful partly due to Speros his involvement. Speros managed to establish an enduring team in Baltimore with a fan base that constantly over 30,000 at the recently renovated four-decade-old Memorial Stadium on 33rd Street in northeast Baltimore during its two-year existence. In his time working with the Stallions, Speros also served as vice- commissioner for the Canadian Football League under commissioner Larry Smith.

Alongside his other ventures, he also served as the President for Champions Sports, Inc. A publicly traded restaurant company, from 1989 until 1993. Champion’s Sports had 37 restaurant establishments across the nation before being transferred in 1993 to Marriott Corporation in 1993.

The Stallions were a runaway success on the field as well. He knew that Canadian football was very different from the American game, and stocked the Stallions with CFL veterans. This approach paid off very well, as the Stallions advanced all the way to the Grey Cup final in both seasons, winning it in 1995–Baltimore’s first major-sports title since the Orioles won the 1983 World Series.

Speros served as Chairman, President and CEO of Chalk, Inc., a publicly traded company, from 2005 through 2008. He served on the Board of Directors from 2000 through 2008. Chalk, an industry leader in mobile learning management systems was sold to Research in Motion (RIM)/Blackberry in January 2009. He also served for twelve years (1998-2010) as member of the Board of Directors of Braintech, Inc., a publicly traded vision guided robotics company.

Speros is a graduate from Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. He was later an assistant coach of the Washington Redskins (serving on the team that won the 1982 Washington Redskins season) and Buffalo Bills. When Speros took on the role to be a member of Joe Gibbs’ staff, this made him the youngest permanent assistant coach to be hired in NFL history.

Jim Speros Net Worth

Jim Speros is one of the richest American Businessman from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jim Speros 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Speros His father Leo used to be a running back in The University of Maryland at College Park from 1951-1954. The brothers of Speros, Pete and George, also played football in the NCAA tournament. Pete was who was an All-American in the NCAA Division at Penn State, was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the 1983 NFL Draft. George played linebacker at Temple. Speros’s niece, Chris, played alongside Jimmy at the University of Richmond.

Jim Speros (born February 17 1959) is an American businessman, and former American football coach and player who hails from Great Falls, Virginia, (Fairfax County) Most well-known as the owner of teams from Southern American extension phase of Canadian Football League and United Football League.

However, Speros’ ambitious ownership of the Stallions would not last long. During the 1995 Grey Cup playoffs, the Cleveland Browns under long-time owner Art Modell, announced plans to move to Baltimore. The resulting dispute ultimately resulted in the Browns’ franchise being suspended for four years, while the Browns’ players and personnel moved to Baltimore and were renamed as the Baltimore Ravens. Although the Stallions had been a hit, Speros knew that they could not even begin to compete with an NFL team. Rather than face being effectively reduced to “minor league” status (as he put it years later), Speros moved the team to Montreal to become the current incarnation of the Alouettes. However, the CFL refused to let Speros’ team keep their legacy as the Stallions, though it allowed him to reclaim the history and records of the previous two incarnations of the Alouettes. According to official CFL records, Speros is reckoned as having canceled his franchise in Baltimore and “reactivated” the dormant 1946-86 Alouettes franchise. Speros kept the team for one more year before selling the team to Robert C. Wetenhall in early 1997, handing over the title of team president to Smith.

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Who is Jim Speros Dating?

According to our records, Jim Speros married to Ellen Speros. As of December 1, 2023, Jim Speros’s is not dating anyone.

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Prior to his affiliation with Chalk, Speros was President and Chief Executive Officer of Sideware Systems, Inc., a customer relationship management software company which traded publicly in the United States and Canada. Under Speros’ leadership, the company had twelve offices across North America and reached a market capitalization of $1.8 billion. Their customer list included several Fortune 500 companies.

Facts & Trivia

Jim Ranked on the list of most popular American businessman. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jim Speros celebrates birthday on February 17 of every year.