Jason Levien
| Jason Levien | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 (age 43–44) |
| Residence | New York, Washington, DC |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education |
Pomona College (B.A.) University of Michigan (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Businessman, Sports Executive |
| Known for | Co–Owner of D.C. United Co-Owner of Swansea City A.F.C. |
| Spouse(s) | Meredith Kopit Levien |
| Children | 1 |
Jason Levien (born 1971) is an American sports executive who is the managing general owner of the Major League Soccer club D.C. United, co-owner of British club Swansea City A.F.C., and the former CEO of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. He is best known for leading DC United's efforts to negotiate a deal with DC government to build a new stadium at Buzzard Point, and for assembling the investor group that purchased the Memphis Grizzlies and then running the team in 2013 during its playoff trip to the Western Conference Finals and being named by ESPN as the Number 1 Sports Franchise in North America.
He was born to a Jewish family and raised in Metropolitan New York. He was bar mitzvahed in Israel. His father is an attorney and business executive who represented Hector "Macho" Camacho among other athletes and sports professionals; his mother was a teacher. Levien played on the basketball team while attending Pomona College where he graduated in 1993. He then attended the University of Michigan School of Law where he was an editor of the law review. Following law school, Levien clerked for the Diana Gribbon Motz of the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. In 1998, as a licensed attorney, he started work at the Washington, D.C., law firm of Williams & Connolly where he assisted in representing professional athletes. In 2003, he left the firm to found his own sports agency representing professional athletes in the NBA, NFL, MLB and other sports leagues in the United States and across the globe. He then went on to work as a member of the front offices of the Sacramento Kings and Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA. He also was an adjunct professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law where he taught sports law.
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