Robert Miller (Canadian businessman)

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Robert Gerald Miller (born July 1943) is a Canadian billionaire businessman who founded Future Electronics in 1968, and built it into the world's third-largest electronics distributor. In February 2023, he stepped down as the company's president and chief executive officer following allegations by at least 28 women of setting up a system involving paying minor children for sex.^[1]

Robert Miller
Born	Robert Gerald Miller July 1943 (age 82) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alma mater	Rider University
Occupation(s)	Owner and founder of Future Electronics
Children	2

Miller is also a supporter of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation and cryonics research,^[2] and he intends to be cryopreserved himself.^[3]

Early life and career

Miller was born in July 1943.^[4] Miller is a graduate of Rider University.^[2][5][6] He worked at a snackbar and as a DJ to pay for college.^[7] He founded Future Electronics in 1968, and built it into the world's third-largest electronics distributor.^[1][8]

As part of a fraud probe into the company, the company was raided by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1999.^[8] Miller told employees that the raid was "an unfounded assault upon our integrity".^[8] The company both challenged the raid and the surrender of documents to authorities.^[8][9] The FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office announced in 2002 that they would not pursue charges.^[8]

He stepped down as the company's president and chief executive officer in February 2023, following allegations by at least 28 women of setting up a system involving paying young girls for sex.^[1]

Allegations of sexual assault and arrest

In 2023, CBC/Radio Canada published a story alleging that Miller had been investigated several times for having paid for sexual contacts with minors for years. Miller's lawyers have denied all allegations.^[10][11]

Following the broadcast on February 2, 2023 on the Radio-Canada investigative programs Enquête and The Fifth Estate on CBC Television, Miller stepped down as chairman, president and CEO of Future Electronics.^[12]

Robert Miller was arrested on May 30, 2024 and faced 21 charges, later increased to 24 charges,^[13] including sexual assault, obtaining sexual services for consideration and several counts of sexual exploitation of minors.^[14] He pleaded not guilty and denied the allegations.^[13]

On June 10, 2025, Miller was found to be unfit to stand trial due to late-stage Parkinson's disease causing cognitive decline.^[13]

Personal life

Miller is divorced, with two children, and lives in Montreal, Canada.^[2] Miller's ex-wife is Margaret Antonier, a former advertising executive at the Montreal radio stations CJAD and CJFM and a real estate developer.^[9][8] According to the North Bay Nugget, they separated in 2005 and divorced in 2006.^[8]

Miller acquired his Westmount home from Seagram co-chair Charles Bronfman in 1984 for $2.65 million in what was at the time the second most expensive sale of a residence in Canada.^[9][15]