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 ice hockey for the Kitchener Rangers, Windsor Spitfires, Royal York Royals, Toronto Nationals, Erie Blades and the Crowtree Chiefs. In 1986, Skjodt moved to

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in 1986 to pursue a career with the Indianapolis Checkers of the International Hockey League. Skjodt founded and owned the now defunct

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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

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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

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in Washington, D.C. renamed its Center for the Prevention of Genocide as The Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide.

References

1958 births Living people Businesspeople from Indianapolis Businesspeople from Toronto Erie Blades players Ice hockey people from Ontario Ice hockey players from Indiana Indianapolis Checkers (CHL) players Kitchener Rangers players Sportspeople from Indianapolis Sportspeople from Toronto Hamilton Nationals players Windsor Spitfires players Simon family (real estate) {{US-business-bio-1950s-stub