Jon Ledecky is co-owner of the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League and the Hamilton Hammers, the Islanders’ American Hockey League franchise in Hamilton, Ontario. Jon’s partnership also owns the award-winning UBS Arena.

Jon Ledecky’s first foray into professional sports ownership occurred in 1999 when, with partner Ted Leonsis, he bought the NHL’s Washington Capitals and a path to control interest in the NBA’s Washington Wizards and WNBA’s Washington Mystics. Jon later sold his partnership interest and started a foundation that dedicated itself to the education of children in Boston, New York and Washington. Jon continues this work today in the greater New York metropolitan area through the New York Islanders Children’s Foundation.

Jon founded U.S. Office Products in 1994, and by 1998 the company had become the fastest entrant ever in the history of the Fortune 500. U.S. Office Products owned Mail Boxes, Etc. (now the UPS Store) and several other national brands. Jon has been the founder, co-founder or early stage investor in over 20 companies that eventually became publicly traded.

Jon Ledecky is an honors graduate of Harvard College and also graduated from Harvard Business School. He received an Honorary Doctoral Degree from George Washington University. He has been a director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Commission on Entrepreneurship. Jon is also the proud uncle of record-setting swimmer Katie Ledecky, the most decorated American female Olympian of all time with 14 medals.