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Canadian-American ice hockey player and businessman
Paul Skjodt
Born (1958-06-28) June 28, 1958 (age 66)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian / American
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFormer ice hockey player
SpouseCindy Simon
Children3
RelativesMelvin Simon (father-in-law)
David Simon (brother-in-law)

Paul Skjodt (born June 28, 1958) is an American-Canadian businessman, and former ice hockey player.

Early life

Paul Skjodt was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 28, 1958.

Ice hockey career

From 1975, he played junior-level ice hockey for the Kitchener Rangers, Windsor Spitfires, Royal York Royals and Toronto Nationals, as well as the Erie Blades and the Crowtree Chiefs.

In 1986, Skjodt moved to Indianapolis in 1986 to pursue a career with the Indianapolis Checkers of the International Hockey League.

Skjodt founded and owned the now defunct Indiana Ice hockey team of the USHL, that won the Clark Cup Championship in 2009 and 2014.

Property developer

In 2014, Skjodt was planning on building a $25 million 250,000-square-foot sports complex in northwest Indianapolis.

Personal life

In 1987, he married Cindy Simon, the daughter of Melvin Simon and Bess Simon. They have three children, Erik, Samantha and Ian.

They are leading political donors, giving $6.6 million to the Democratic Party in the 2018 elections.

In 2015, their Samerian Foundation (founded in 2003) created a $20 million endowment, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. renamed its Center for the Prevention of Genocide as The Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide.

References

  1. ^ "Paul Skjodt hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Our Board - Samerian Foundation". www.samerianfoundation.org. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. "Skjodt plotting $25 million sports complex". ibj.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  4. Jones, Natalie (2 November 2018). "Midterm big spenders: the top 20 political donors this election". Retrieved 6 November 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
  5. "Indianapolis philanthropists make $20 million gift for genocide center - Indiana Economic Digest". indianaeconomicdigest.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.


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