{"id":3070,"date":"2017-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/vlogs\/5-minutes-leaders-ted-leonsis-monumental-sports-entertainment\/"},"modified":"2021-09-02T10:59:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T10:59:14","slug":"5-minutes-leaders-ted-leonsis-monumental-sports-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/5-minutes-leaders-ted-leonsis-monumental-sports-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Minutes with Leaders: Ted Leonsis, Monumental Sports &#038; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/5-Minutes-With-Leonsis_Web-1.png);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Jun 29, 2017                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">5 Minutes with Leaders: Ted Leonsis, Monumental Sports &#038; 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Entertainment Founder, Majority Owner, Chairman and CEO on owning multiple sports teams, the challenges he enjoys, and his greatest ever investment.<\/p>\n                            \n                                                                <div class=\"video video__inline\">\n                                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cn8PsvkQToU?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fleadersinsport.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><p>Ted Leonsis is Founder, Majority Owner, Chairman and CEO of Monumental Sports &amp; 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