Ted Leonsis, owner of the Capitals, Wizards, and Mystics, Dan Snyder, owner of the Redskins, Robert Tanenbaum and Marla Lerner Tanenbaum, owners of the Nationals and Will Chang, owner of D.C. United, discussed what they do – and don’t do – to make their franchises successful. Business leaders from Washington’s top 200 companies attended. Washington Post Live, the division of The Post that organizes events, and The Post’s Capital Business publication, which does an annual ranking of the area’s top 200 companies, hosted the breakfast forum in partnership with the Greater Washington Board of Trade.
Ted Leonsis, owner of the Capitals, Wizards, and Mystics, Dan Snyder, owner of the Redskins, Robert Tanenbaum and Marla Lerner Tanenbaum, owners of the Nationals and Will Chang, owner of D.C. United, discuss what they do - and don't do - to make their franchises successful.
The owners of the Washington Nationals, Robert and Marla Lerner Tanenbaum, talk about the 'unbelievable passion' surrounding baseball from the employees to the fans.
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