Ted+Leonsis

"Ted Leonsis - Blackboard." //Business Insider//. Web. 06 Oct. 2011. .
 * 1) Born in Brooklyn, New Yorkon January 8, 1957
 * 2) Born to Greek American parents
 * 3) Skipped the 8th grade and went to Brooklyn tech
 * 4) Before graduation he moved toLowell,Massachusetts and graduated atLowell high school in 1973
 * 5) Graduated from Georgetown in 1977
 * 6) After graduation he moved back to Massachusettsand started working for Wang laboratories
 * 7) Survived an airplane crash landing in 1983
 * 8) Started writing his 101 things to do in life list
 * 9) Business person of the year in 2001 byWashington business journal
 * 10) Washingtonian of the year in 2001
 * 11) Named one of Washington’s tech titans by Washington magazine in 2009
 * 12) Brought on by AOL to compete with Microsoft
 * 13) 1993 AOL bought his marketing company, redgate communications corp.
 * 14) Helped increased members of AOL from 800,000 to 8 million in 4 years
 * 15) Revenue increased from 100 million to 1.5 billion
 * 16) Retired in 2006
 * 17) He was the group’s president and vice chairman
 * 18) Now he is vice chairman emeritus at aol
 * 19) Founding chairman of sangfilms, lets viewers watch and share documentary videos
 * 20) Chairman of clearsprings technology and revolution money

"Team | Watch Free Movies and Documentaries Online | SnagFilms." //Home | Watch Free Movies and Documentaries Online | SnagFilms//. Web. 06 Oct. 2011. .
 * 1) Bought the Washington capitals in 1999 after their playoff run in 98 and bought 44% of the wizards and part of Verizoncenter
 * 2) Bought the Washington mystics from Abe pollin in 2005
 * 3) Bought the rest of the Washington wizards from the pollin family after the death of Abe pollin in 2009
 * 4) Also owns part of the Washington nationals, but is not a majority owner
 * 5) When pollin died leonsis also had the opportunity to buy monumental sports and entertainment, Verizon center and the Baltimore-Washington ticket master franchise
 * 6) has a blog, teds take
 * 7) wrote The business of happiness and became a best seller(2010)
 * 8) Also wrote Blue Magic: The People, Power, and Politics behind the IBM Personal Computer (1988.)
 * 9) won awards for his documentaries Nanking and kicking it
 * 10) 2010 was elected to the board of directors for American express
 * 11) On the board of directors for Georgetown university
 * 12) Nanking won an Emmy award
 * 13) New documentary in a fighting chance that aired on espn
 * 14) Is a committed philanthropist and works with a number of local charities
 * 15) Founder of 6 personal magazines
 * 16) Worked on the introduction of IBM PC and apple Macintosh
 * 17) Served as mayor of Orchid, Florida
 * 18) AOL acquired lesonsis’ first company in 1993, Redgate communications
 * 19) Founded snagfilms in 2008
 * 20) Snagfilms owns indieWIRE, the leading news, information and networking site for independent-minded film makers

Leonsis, Ted, and John Buckley. //The Business of Happiness: 6 Secrets to Extraordinary Success in Work and Life//. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Pub., 2010. Print.
 * 1) Acquired jaromir jagr as a free agent in 2001
 * 2) Was signed to the largest contract at the time at $77 million over 7 years with an option for 8
 * 3) Leonsis was spending beyond a point that was financially wise
 * 4) Lost $35 million in one year
 * 5) The next season the NHL had a lockout to reform the cap
 * 6) Before the lockout, leonsis told the GM to trade their best players and to start the rebuilding process
 * 7) Traded jagr, bondra, and Lang for draft picks that later had Tomas Fleischmann, mike green
 * 8) 3rd worst team in the NHL, won the lottery, picked Alex ovechkin
 * 9) Leonsis grabbed a fan, lifted him up and some words were exchanged after having a sign that said “Caps losing, AOL losing, Any Connections?”
 * 10) Was fined $100,000 by the NHL and was suspended from going to games for 1 week
 * 11) To apologize to the fan he called him and gave him tickets to his family to sit in the owner’s box
 * 12) Worked at Wang lab in 1977 as tech support
 * 13) At the age of 22 he was the head of the PR department for the fastest growing company in the fortune 500
 * 14) Created LIST, the leonsis index of software technology
 * 15) LIST was a publication that told you what software was available for your computer
 * 16) Most important lessoned learned, when the company, and its employees, partners, and users were happy, AOL flourished
 * 17) Sold LIST for $60 million
 * 18) Bought back parts he wanted for less than $3 million
 * 19) Regate communications became the first new media company
 * 20) Ted leonsis wrote and sent the first instant message on AOL

"Ted Leonsis." //Washingtoncapitals.com//. Web. 9 Oct. 2011. .
 * 1) Pioneer of the late 20th century internet craze
 * 2) Wang laboratories was a computer company developing word processing software
 * 3) Created the idea for LIST while looking at a TV guide at the grocery store
 * 4) 1993 took a senior executive role at AOL after selling redgate
 * 5) Recognized as one of the most fan-friendly owners in professional sports
 * 6) Aol considered buying apple in the mid 90’s to save the then struggling computer maker and to fend off Microsoft
 * 7) Reaction to fear that Microsoft was going to launch an online service
 * 8) Leonsis partnered with Steve jobs to create the Macintosh buyers guide
 * 9) Put together the buyers guide in 100 days
 * 10) AOL named a center at their Virginia campus after leonsis
 * 11) First instant message said, “Don’t be scared… it’s me. Love you and miss you”
 * 12) Response was, “wow… this is so cool”
 * 13) First im was sent January 6, 1993 from ted leonsis to his wife
 * 14) a film producer and a private angel investor
 * 15) founder, chairman and majority owner of lincoln holdings
 * 16) a sports and entertainment company that holds ownership rights to several DC entities
 * 17) board of director of Algentis LLC; Beacon Capital Strategies LLC; Bridgevine Inc.; Capitol Acquisition Corp; GridPoint; LaunchBox Digital; Triporati; Mahalo.com; MediaBank; Groupon.com; Mevio; MobilePosse; ObjectVideo; SB Nation; TidalTV; and Zedge
 * 18) works with local charities including Best Buddies, Hoop Dreams, See Forever Foundation, Venture Philanthropy Partners, YouthAIDS and others through the work of the Leonsis Foundation.
 * 19) marketing executive with harris corp and wang laboratories
 * 20) co-invented the successful business game, "only in New York"