Ted Leonsis

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businessperson human investor sports team owner

Ted Leonsis is an American businessman, investor, and sports team owner best known for leading Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns several major Washington, D.C. professional sports franchises.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ted Leonsis canonical	9
Leonsis	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11194 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ted Leonsis
Context triple: [Washington Capitals, principalOwner, Ted Leonsis]

A. John V. L. Hogan
John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
B. Bill and Melinda Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates are American philanthropists best known for founding and leading the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations focused on global health, education, and poverty alleviation.
C. Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
D. Harold Hazen
Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
E. Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the co-founder and CEO of Facebook (now Meta Platforms).
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ted Leonsis
Target entity description: Ted Leonsis is an American businessman, investor, and sports team owner best known for leading Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns several major Washington, D.C. professional sports franchises.

A. John V. L. Hogan
John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
B. Bill and Melinda Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates are American philanthropists best known for founding and leading the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations focused on global health, education, and poverty alleviation.
C. Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
D. Harold Hazen
Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
E. Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the co-founder and CEO of Facebook (now Meta Platforms).
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ investor ⓘ sports team owner ⓘ
boardMemberOf	Monumental Sports & Entertainment ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Georgetown University ⓘ
employer	Monumental Sports & Entertainment ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek American ⓘ
familyName	Ted Leonsis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Leonsis
formerEmployer	AOL ⓘ
founded	Monumental Sports & Entertainment ⓘ surface form: Monumental Sports Network Revolution Money ⓘ SnagFilms ⓘ
givenName	Ted ⓘ
hasRole	majority owner of Washington Capitals ⓘ majority owner of Washington Mystics ⓘ majority owner of Washington Wizards ⓘ
industry	media ⓘ sports ⓘ technology ⓘ
name	Ted Leonsis self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement	key figure in Washington, D.C. sports revitalization ⓘ oversaw 2018 Stanley Cup win by Washington Capitals ⓘ
notableFor	leadership of Monumental Sports & Entertainment ⓘ
notableWork	The Business of Happiness ⓘ
occupation	businessman ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ film producer ⓘ investor ⓘ sports executive ⓘ
owns	Capital City Go-Go ⓘ Capital One Arena ⓘ Capitals esports interests ⓘ Capital City Go-Go ⓘ surface form: Go-Go (NBA G League team) Washington Capitals ⓘ Washington Mystics ⓘ Washington Wizards ⓘ Wizards District Gaming ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Brooklyn ⓘ surface form: Brooklyn, New York City
positionHeld	chairman of Monumental Sports & Entertainment ⓘ chief executive officer of Monumental Sports & Entertainment ⓘ founder of Monumental Sports & Entertainment ⓘ president of AOL ⓘ vice chairman of AOL ⓘ
residence	Washington metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C. metropolitan area

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Washington Capitals → principalOwner → Ted Leonsis ⓘ

Ted Leonsis → name → Ted Leonsis self-link ⓘ

Ted Leonsis → familyName → Ted Leonsis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leonsis

Washington Mystics → owner → Ted Leonsis ⓘ

The Business of Happiness → author → Ted Leonsis ⓘ

The Business of Happiness → relatedTo → Ted Leonsis ⓘ

Monumental Sports & Entertainment → foundedBy → Ted Leonsis ⓘ

Monumental Sports & Entertainment → keyPerson → Ted Leonsis ⓘ

Washington Valor → owner → Ted Leonsis ⓘ

Baltimore Brigade → owner → Ted Leonsis ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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