Jon Patricof, Co-Founder of Athletes Unlimited - SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show #146

SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show

On this episode of the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, Wayne Kimmel's guest is Jon Patriof, Co-Founder of Athletes Unlimited. Athletes Unlimited, a network of professional sports leagues that launched in March 2020, Athletes Unlimited now operates leagues in pro women's softball, volleyball, lacrosse, and basketball. Before founding Athletes Unlimited, Patricof served as president of Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club, where he currently serves on the board of directors. Prior to NYCFC, Patricof spent 11 years as a member of the board, President and COO of Tribeca Enterprises, the owner and operator of the Tribeca Film Festival and related business ventures. Among his accomplishments was the creation of the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival as well as the company’s landmark branded content partnerships with Dick’s Sporting Goods and American Express. Throughout his career, Jon has been involved in driving revenue and expanding operations. At Tribeca, he helped expand the company from film into branded entertainment and sports as well as the company's JV with Lionsgate and international partnerships in the Middle East and Asia. Prior to Tribeca, he worked in media private equity prior to which he worked in Corporate Strategic Planning at Disney helping grow the Disney, ESPN and ABC brands across video, audio and digital platforms. His first job was at Forest City Ratner at the inception of the Atlantic Yards development (where the Barclays Center now sits); he worked on Dean Kamen's Segway project and with Harvard Prof. Michael Porter's Initiative for a Competitive Inner City. Before starting college, Jon lived for a year in Costa Rica where he worked in environmental conservation, starting a community recycling program. Jon received an M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College. He lives in New York City with his wife and three children. Patricof and his co-founder of Athletes Unlimited Jonathan Soros were honored with the Champion(s) for Equality Award at the Women’s Sports Foundation Annual Salute to Women in Sports®. The award, presented by TIAA, acknowledges an individual or organization that shows unwavering commitment to gender equality and to the advancement of girls and women in sports.