David Baazov CEO, Amaya Inc.

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David Baazov CEO, Amaya Inc.

Baazov's organic growth combined with strategic acquisitions helped Amaya to become the largest publicly traded gaming business. Amaya's acquisition of Oldford Group was completed in August of 2014.  David Baazov Its Oldford Group includes online poker and tournaments, as well as live poker events and additional activities. Additionally, there are live poker rooms as well as major casino casinos that offer poker. The B2C division runs PokerStars and Full Tilt which, together they hold the largest share of market's liquidity on the poker online market. It is also the largest provider of live-streamed poker tournaments around the world, with brands including the European Poker Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour as well as the Asia Pacific Poker Tour.

David Baazov Amaya started trading with the TSX Venture Exchange July 10 2010, and then moved into the TSX Exchange October 2013, In September, 2014, Amaya was added to the S&P/TSX Composite Index. The company was added to the index in October 2014. company was the largest TSX tech company located in Quebec.

David Baazov The business and industry are aware of the company's achievements and awarded Mr. Baazov with numerous awards which include Ernst & Young's 2013 Quebec EY Entrepreneur of the Year for category Information Technology category and the inclusion of Mr. Baazov on Gaming Intelligence's Hot 50 list in 2012 for the most talented, creative and inspirational people working in the field of online gaming. Amaya and Baazov.  David Baazov Baazov were named TSX Tech Company Stock of The of the Year in 2013 by Cantech Letter in 2013.  David Baazov The year 2012 was the one in which Cantech Letter named Mr. Baazov TSX Venture Tech Company's CEO of the year and Amaya as TSX Tech's tech Stock of the Year.

The Mr. Baazov grew up in Montreal and is still residing with his wife and four children.