Michael Andlauer

Michael Andlauer (born 1966) is a French-born Canadian businessman, who is known for being the founder of Andlauer Healthcare Group and the majority owner of National Hockey League (NHL) team, Ottawa Senators. He is the founder of businesses ATS Healthcare, Accuristix, Bulldog Capital Partners and the CEO of Andlauer Healthcare Group.

As the owner of the Ottawa Senators, he also owns its minor league American Hockey League team, the Belleville Senators (AHL). He was formerly a minority owner of the Montreal Canadiens NHL team until he purchased the Senators and the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) team, the Brantford Bulldogs.

Early life

Andlauer was born in Toulouse, France, and was raised by a single mother in the neighbourhood of Notre-Dame-de-Grace, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He attended York University in Toronto, but dropped out to take a job at McCain Foods.

Career

Business career

In 1991, Andlauer, by now the head of McCain's trucking operations, left the company to launch the Andlauer Transportation Services trucking company, which delivers pharmaceutical products. It grew to be one of the largest health transportation companies in Canada.

In 1994, Andlauer launched a healthcare logistics firm now known as Accuristix, Bulldog Capital Partners, a private equity firm, and founded Andlauer Management Group (AMG), which manages transportation and logistics companies across the country.

In 2019, Andlauer launched Andlauer Healthcare Group to consolidate several specialized healthcare supply chain companies together.

Hockey ownership

Minor league ownership

In 2003, Andlauer became part-owner of the Hamilton Bulldogs American Hockey League (AHL) team, the minor-league affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens. He became the majority owner of the team in the following year, and sold the team to the Canadiens in 2015. The Canadiens subsequently relocated the team, and it is now the Laval Rocket.

At the same time, Andlauer bought the Belleville Bulls Ontario Hockey League junior team and moved them to Hamilton, Ontario, renaming them the Hamilton Bulldogs. In 2023, the Hamilton Bulldogs moved to Brantford, Ontario, becoming the Brantford Bulldogs, due to renovations at FirstOntario Centre. In 2025, the OHL franchise for the Brantford Bulldogs, formerly the Hamilton Bulldogs was sold to an ownership group headed by the family of NHL player Zach Hyman, making the team's temporary relocation to Brantford permanent. The purchase price was not disclosed.

National Hockey League ownership

In 2009, Andlauer became a part-owner of the Canadiens, the Bell Centre and Gillett Entertainment Group as part of Geoff Molson's group of investors that purchased the team that year. He would later become the team's alternate governor on the NHL's Board of Governors.

From 2022 through June 2023, Andlauer was one of several prospective purchasers of the Ottawa Senators, put up for sale after the death of its owner, Eugene Melnyk. In June 2023, it was announced that he and his group of investors had signed a purchase agreement to buy the club at a reported price of million. Andlauer became majority owner along with his partners, Eugene Melnyk's daughters, and a group of Canadian businessmen on September 21, 2023. He later sold his minority stake in the Canadiens to Molson for US$250 million as part of an agreement to buy the Senators. In 2024, Andlauer purchased the twelve percent stake in the Senators that was owned by George Armoyan.

Personal life

Andlauer and his wife Lucie have three children. Lucie Andlauer is the chief executive officer of Subterra Renewables, a company that specialises in geothermal energy.

References

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Businesspeople from Montreal
Canadian sports businesspeople
French emigrants to Quebec
Living people
York University alumni
1966 births