Jonathan Soros
Full Name
Jonathan Soros
Job Title
Co-Founder
Company
Athletes Unlimited
Speaker Bio
Jonathan Soros is Chief Executive Officer of JS Capital Management LLC, a private investment firm, and co-founder of Athletes Unlimited, the first professional sports league to organize as a public benefit corporation (PBC), founded on the belief that athletes are what make the sport and built on a model that challenges the conventions of traditional leagues by eliminating team owners, giving a bigger voice to athletes, and providing athletes opportunities to engage meaningfully in their communities. Together with his wife Jennifer, Mr. Soros is also co-founder of Give Lively LLC, a social enterprise to facilitate philanthropic giving. He is a Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, a think tank based in New York City and serves on the boards of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and GivingTuesday. Prior to founding JS Capital, Mr. Soros spent nine years with Soros Fund Management LLC, serving as its President and Deputy Chairman from 2005 to 2011. Mr. Soros is a co-founder of Friends of Democracy PAC, the Fair Trial Initiative, and Victory 2021. He has also previously served as co-chair of the board of New America and has held several board positions affiliated with the Open Society Foundations. Mr. Soros clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and is a graduate magna cum laude of Harvard Law School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He received his BA from Wesleyan University.