Ted Leonsis - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!
Explore Ted Leonsis net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Leonsis was born January 8th, 1957 at Brooklyn, New York. Born into a family with working class Greek immigrants, his parents and grandparents who worked in mills, who worked as waiters and secretary. When his guidance counselor assessed his skills abilities, the teacher said that the young Ted was bound to work at a grocery store. Leonsis is also reflective of his working-class background, which suggests that becoming manager of the grocery store was what his father aspired to be. When he was a kid, Leonsis mowed lawns for an extra amount of cash. When he was mowing one day his lawn, he saw mowing the lawn of an affluent stockbroker and Georgetown Alumnus Jim Shannon. Attracted by Leonsis the way he acted, Jim Shannon was able to help Leonsis be admitted to Georgetown University. In this article, we will discover how old is Ted Leonsis? Who is Ted Leonsis dating now & how much money does Ted Leonsis have?
| Name | Ted Leonsis |
| First Name | Ted |
| Last Name | Leonsis |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Birthday | January 8 |
| Birth Year | 1957 |
| Place of Birth | New York |
| Home Town | |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Lynn Leonsis |
| Children(s) | Elle Leonsis, Zachary Leonsis |
Ted Leonsis Biography
Ted Leonsis is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on January 8, 1957 in New York, United States. Leonsis is married Lynn Leonsis and they have one son and one daughter. Leonsis has been married Lynn since the month of August 1987. He is a fervent lover of music and sports and music, particularly Fugazi, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and Elvis Presley. He recalls the time he was exposed to music during the time Leonsis was kicked out of school, and also when his parents returned home from work , where music filled the empty space during his free time.
Leonsis has a “hands on” approach to management of his sports teams. After purchasing the Wizards, Leonsis criticized the NBA’s salary cap at a luncheon with business leaders. He was fined $100,000 by the league, for “unauthorized public comments regarding the league’s collective bargaining negotiations.” Leonsis has sought to roll-back changes to the Wizards and Capitals franchises that coincided with the opening of the Verizon Center in 1997. In 2007, he changed the Capitals team logo and its colors back to their original red, white, and blue, and in May 2011, received positive responses from media, fans, players and alumni when the Wizards unveiled a similar red, white and blue color scheme, along with uniforms reminiscent of those worn by the team under their former name, the Bullets, when they won the NBA Championship in 1978. Additionally, he had taken under consideration restoring the Bullets name to the franchise, though critics said that this would “send the wrong message” about gun violence in Washington.
Leonsis has owned the Washington Capitals since the spring of 1999, and in that timeframe the team has won ten Southeast Division titles, three Presidents’ Trophies, recorded more than 200 consecutive sellouts at Verizon Center (now Capital One Arena), and won a Stanley Cup Championship.
Leonsis quit Harris Corporation in March 1981 at the age of 25 years old, he relocated to Florida and started his first venture into business. The first venture he started was publishing LIST which was a magazine for technology which focused on the then-new personal computing market. The magazine was funded with $1 million of seed capital along with his co-founder Vincent Pica,. Its first magazine issue released in 1982 and was a huge hit and a whopping $50,000 worth of copies were sold at cash registers, bookshops, and newsstands. The following year the publisher sold the business in a deal with Thomson Reuters for $40 million and netting the company $20 million.
He was a student at Brooklyn Technical High School, prior to making the move into Lowell, Massachusetts, where the school he attended was a graduate of Lowell High School in 1973. The year 2005 was the time he was recognized as one of the Lowell the school’s most distinguished alumni, for attaining the highest degree of achievement while maintaining the most exemplary standards of character and integrity. He was the first person in his family to attend university, and He attended Georgetown University to pursue his undergraduate studies, majoring in American Studies, and graduated in 1977 as the top the class. In college, Leonsis, with encouragement by his mentor the Reverend Joseph Durkin, used computers and punch cards that were primitive to the completion of his thesis, and it exposed him to the possible fortunes that would come from the rapidly developing industry of personal computers and software in the early 1980s. After graduating from the college, the student returned to the home of his parents in Lowell and started working for Wang Laboratories as a corporate communications manager as well as Harris Corp. as a marketing executive.
In 1987, Leonsis established the marketing communications company, Redgate Communications Corporation. When the organization was acquired by America Online (AOL) in 1994, Leonsis began working with AOL as a senior executive, remaining with the company for 13 years. Under his leadership, AOL increased its membership from under 800,000 members to over 8 million, while their annual revenue increased from $100 million to $1.5 billion. He held numerous positions at AOL during his years there, completing his tenure and retiring in 2006 as the audience group’s president and vice-chairman. As of 2014, he serves as vice chairman emeritus of AOL.
Ted Leonsis Net Worth
Ted is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ted Leonsis's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)
Theodore John Leonsis (born January 8th 1957) is an American businessman filmmaker, investor and author. He is also a philanthropist, author, and ex-politician. He was a former senior executive at America Online (AOL), and is the chairman, founder as well as CEO for Monumental Sports & Entertainment. He is also a founding member and investor of the Revolution Growth Fund, which includes the acquisition of FedBid, Resonate Insights, Optoro and CustomInk. He is also the chairman and founder of SnagFilms who produced documentaries like Nanking. Nanking was recognized with an Emmy Award in 2009. News & Documentary Emmy Award. The author is also a part of the team who published his The Business of Happiness in 2010. The Business of Happiness in the year 2010.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Journalist |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Leonsis once served as the mayor of Orchid, Florida. Leonsis got involved in politics after he ran a friend’s campaign for Congress and worked as an intern for Paul Tsongas’s office in Washington, D.C. He has donated to the campaign of Barack Obama during his 2008 and 2012 elections and Hillary Clinton in 2016.
In 2008, Leonsis produced Kicking It, which is a documentary by Susan Koch about the 2006 Homeless World Cup. The film was narrated by actor Colin Farrell and featured residents of Afghanistan; Kenya; Dublin, Ireland; Charlotte, North Carolina; Madrid; and Saint Petersburg. The film premiered in January 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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His first production was the documentary Nanking, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The film is based on the book The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang. It was honored with the 2008 Peabody Award and the 2009 News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Historical Programming (Long Form).
Who is Ted Leonsis Dating?
According to our records, Ted Leonsis married to Lynn Leonsis. As of January 13, 2024, Ted Leonsis’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Ted Leonsis. You may help us to build the dating records for Ted Leonsis!Leonsis is the founder of Revolution Money, a company which provides secure payments through an Internet-based platform. In 2009, the company was sold to American Express; Leonsis is now on the board of directors at American Express. He is currently the Chairman of Clearspring Technologies, an online content sharing network, which connects publishers, services and advertisers to audiences on the internet.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
In the early years of his ownership, the Capitals went on to win back-to-back Southeast Division titles in 2000 and 2001, but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In summer 2001, the Capitals traded for Jaromír Jágr and signed him to what was at the time, the largest contract in NHL history. The trade was enthusiastically well received by fans and over 300 people showed up at Dulles International Airport to greet Jágr when he arrived. After Jágr was traded in 2004, Leonsis was criticized by fans. He was involved in a physical altercation with a fan, who led a mocking chant of Leonsis during the game and hoisted a sign chiding him. In the altercation, Leonsis grabbed and threw the fan to the ground, which also caused a young child to fall to the ground. For his involvement in the scuffle, Leonsis was fined $100,000. He also received a suspension of one week, during which he was prohibited from having any contact with the team. After the incident, Leonsis personally called the fan to apologize for his actions and invited him and his family to watch a game in the owner’s box.
During the 2009–2010 season, the Capitals earned the NHL’s President’s Trophy as the team that finished with the most points in the league during the regular season.
Facts & Trivia
Ted Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ted Leonsis celebrates birthday on January 8 of every year.
In 2009, a season ticket holder informed Leonsis of a homeless man, Scott Lovell, who spent his nights sleeping outside Verizon Center. Leonsis found Lovell a part-time job as a restaurant kitchen worker and provided him with a paid and furnished apartment, a prosthetic leg and Capitals season tickets for life. In return, Lovell vowed to remain clean and sober.
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