What’s Next: The Future of Legalized Sports Betting
The Supreme Court’s decision to repeal the federal ban on sports gaming in May 2018 cleared the way for legalized sports betting across the country. New Jersey led the way to become the first state other than Nevada to authorize sports wagering, and since then, 15 states, including Washington, DC, and most recently, New York […]
A lot can happen in ten years; The future comes at you fast: Here’s a fun prediction by me.
Check out this list of the world’s highest paid athletes and note the number of global superstars. Which sport has the most global scale and fastest growth? Esports. Which sport has league ownership by corporations that are private or public and have generated enormous equity wealth creation via global consumer adoption of products and services […]
Five years ago, she was a homeless high school valedictorian. Saturday, she got a degree from Georgetown.
On Saturday, 23-year-old Rashema Melson graduated from Georgetown University defeating the odds against her. You see, Melson grew up in Washington, D.C. with her mom and two brothers where they lived in a homeless shelter located in the former D.C. General Hospital and next to the D.C. jail. Despite her circumstances, Melson earned straight A’s, […]
To our fans, we are nothing without you
Game 7. Win and advance or lose and go home. It’s a feeling we know all too well. It never gets easier, especially after knowing what it feels like to be on top. The feeling of being world champions. Exiting the playoffs after Game 7 last night was difficult, as losing is never easy. Despite […]
Revolution Growth Successfully Exits Custom Ink
I joined the Revolution team in 2011 as a cofounder of Revolution Growth, a $1 billion set of investment funds led by myself, Steve Case and Donn Davis. Through Revolution Growth, my partners and I make a select group of speed-up capital investments in businesses each year in which we help companies take ideas from […]
Zach Leonsis Featured on Sports Business Journal’s Annual ’Forty Under 40’ List
Sports Business Journal unveiled its Forty Under 40 Class of 2019 this week featuring 40 of the industry’s best and brightest young professionals who have achieved excellence and innovation in their careers – all before the age of 40. This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Forty Under 40 list, which has become one […]
