Walter J. (Jim) Treliving

It was more than 40 years ago when Jim Treliving walked into the original Boston Pizza restaurant in Edmonton and tried his first pizza.  It was love at first taste and in a very short time it was to be his future.

As a true visionary, born entrepreneur and risk taker, Jim saw the potential in the pizza restaurant business and left the security of his position as an RCMP officer to become a Boston Pizza franchisee.

He opened his first restaurant in 1968 in Penticton, B.C.  In the ensuing few years, he became friends with a local accountant, George Melville, who turned into his business partner in 1973.  Today, the two men share responsibility as co-owners and co-chairmen of Canada’s No. 1 casual dining chain.

Jim and his partner, George Melville, have invested in dozens of other businesses and provide guidance and support to their management teams to help them realize their full potential.

Jim currently stars as one of the five Dragon’s in CBC’s reality TV show, Dragon’s Den.  In Dragon’s Den, aspiring entrepreneurs secure a financial investment from