| 词条 | Jon Ledecky |
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| name = Jon Ledecky | image = Jon Ledecky, 2012.jpg | caption = Jon Ledecky, 2012 | birth_name = Jonathan Joseph Ledecky | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|02|09}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S | alma_mater = Harvard University | relatives = Katie Ledecky (niece) | occupation = Businessman }}Jonathan Joseph Ledecky (born February 9, 1958)[1] is an American businessman and a majority owner of the NHL team New York Islanders and their AHL affiliate Bridgeport Sound Tigers.[2] His niece is multiple Olympic gold medalist swimmer Katie Ledecky.[3] BiographyLedecky was born in 1958 in New York City, the son of a Czechoslovakian immigrant who came to America eleven years prior to study English at Rutgers University. Growing up in Queens and Brooklyn, he became a New York Yankees fan. After moving in 1972 to Greenwich, Connecticut, Ledecky attended Greenwich High School, with extracurricular journalism work that would have earned Ledecky a scholarship at Vanderbilt University if his father had not insisted on attending an Ivy League school. Thus Ledecky started studying business administration at Harvard University, continuing his reporter work at The Harvard Crimson and college station WHRB. Ledecky earned his bachelor's degree in 1979 and completed a Master of Business Administration in 1983, which was followed by a series of venture capital-type jobs. After being dismissed from Steelcase in 1994, Ledecky decided to open his own company in the office supplies business. Backed by a number of Harvard alumni, U.S. Office Products was founded in 1994, and had its initial public offering one year later. By the time Ledecky left U.S. Office Products in 1998, his fortune was estimated at $200 million.[4] Sports ownershipIn 1998, Ledecky nearly purchased a share of the Cincinnati Reds before getting his bid matched by Carl Lindner, and also bid on the Los Angeles Dodgers. Eventually he partnered with America Online executive Ted Leonsis to found Lincoln Holdings, who purchased the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals and a minor share of the National Basketball Association's Washington Wizards.[5] Ledecky still got interested in higher shares of sports franchises, partnering with Steve Stotland in 2000 to bid on the Montreal Canadiens (he lost out to Colorado businessman George Gillett Jr.).[5] In 2001, with Ledecky sold his 24-percent stake in Lincoln Holdings, originally worth $58 million, back to Leonsis for more than $70 million.[5] Following an unsuccessful bid at the Oakland Athletics in 2002,[6] Ledecky headed one of the groups intent on purchasing the Washington Nationals from Major League Baseball,[7] eventually losing to Ted Lerner.[8] On October 2014, Ledecky and former Harvard roommate Scott D. Malkin entered a deal to purchase the New York Islanders from Charles Wang. They became minority owners during a two-year transition period before getting majority shares by 2016.[9] References1. ^Who's who in Finance and Industry, Volume 25 (1987), p. 404 {{NHLOwners}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ledecky, Jon}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders/charles-wang-sells-stake-in-islanders-to-jonathan-ledecky-scott-malkin-1.9096936 |title=Charles Wang sells stake in Islanders to Jonathan Ledecky, Scott Malkin |work=Newsday |date=August 19, 2014 |accessdate=August 20, 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|last1=Watt|first1=Annie|title=New York is like this|url=http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/social-diary/2012/new-york-is-like-this|website=New York Social Diary|accessdate=23 October 2014|date=July 27, 2012}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/6/9/philanthropist-makes-fortune-on-rollup-concept/?page=single|title=Philanthropist Makes Fortune on ‘Rollup’ Concept | News | The Harvard Crimson|website=www.thecrimson.com|accessdate=Mar 16, 2019}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.stowetoday.com/stowe_reporter/news/arena-name-is-officially-up-for-sale/article_62788ac4-bd98-11e2-abe7-001a4bcf887a.html|title=Arena name is officially up for sale|first=Nathan|last=Burgess|website=Stowe Today|accessdate=Mar 16, 2019}} 6. ^ {{dead link|date=March 2019}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/apr/20/20050420-120606-4112r/|title=Ledecky announces bid to buy Nationals|first=The Washington Times|last=http://www.washingtontimes.com|website=The Washington Times|accessdate=Mar 16, 2019}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2432515|title=Helyar: Politics of D.C. ownership|date=May 4, 2006|website=ESPN.com|accessdate=Mar 16, 2019}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://espn.go.com/new-york/nhl/story/_/id/11376581/charles-wang-sell-new-york-islanders-jon-ledecky |title=Islanders to be sold to Jon Ledecky |publisher=ESPN |author=Strang, Katie |date=August 19, 2014 |accessdate=August 20, 2014}} 13 : 1958 births|Living people|American sports businesspeople|Washington Capitals owners|Ice hockey people from New York (state)|New York Islanders executives|Businesspeople from New York City|Harvard Business School alumni|Harvard Crimson alumni|American people of Czech descent|American people of Czech-Jewish descent|20th-century American businesspeople|Journalists from New York City |
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