Joseph "Joey" Saputo is a Canadian businessman and sports executive.

Joey Saputo is the son of the founder and head of Saputo

Saputo Incorporated

Saputo Inc. is a Montreal-based Canadian dairy company. Founded as a cheese store in 1954 by Italian immigrant Giuseppe Saputo, today Saputo’s business includes cheese, baked goods and milk production, and it is the world's twelfth largest dairy producing company...

, a dairy products company which also markets a range of other items, such as spaghetti sauce. Saputo's other holdings include the largest dairy company in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, Vachon Inc.

Vachon Inc.

Vachon, Inc. is a Canadian maker of popular snack pastries, owned by Saputo, Inc.Vachon was founded by Joseph-Arcade and Rose-Anna Vachon Giroux in 1923 when the couple left his home village of Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage to develop a bakery in Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce in Quebec.Brands include:*May...

, the snack company responsible for the Jos. Louis

Jos. Louis

Jos. Louis is a plastic-wrapped confection consisting of two red velvet cake rounds with a cream filling within a milk chocolate shell. It resembles a chocolate version of the May West dessert....

 dessert, Petra real estate, and Roma construction. He is also the founder and chairman of the Montreal Impact

Montreal Impact

Montreal Impact was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1992, the team played in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until the 2011 season. The owner Joey Saputo now operates the MLS team Montreal ImpactThe...

, one of the teams in the North American Soccer League (2010)

North American Soccer League (2010)

The North American Soccer League is a professional men's soccer league in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico which began league play on April 9, 2011. It has been provisionally sanctioned as the second tier of soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, behind Major League Soccer in the...

http://montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN. Beginning in 2012, Saputo will own the new Montreal team set to begin Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

play in 2012.