Jonathan Soros

Board Member Emeritus, New America (2012-2018); Co-Founder, Athletes Unlimited; Chief Executive Officer, JS Capital Management LLC

Jonathan Soros is animated by a foundational belief in every person’s equal right to dignity and opportunity.  A devoted spouse and father, he is married with three children and lives in New York City.  

Professionally, Jonathan is co-founder of Athletes Unlimited, a pioneering new approach to professional sports leagues. He is also founder and Chief Executive Officer of JS Capital Management LLC, a private family office; founding partner at One Madison Group, a multi-family investment platform that evolved from his work building JS Capital Management; and a Director of the Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation.

Together with his wife, Jennifer, Jonathan is also co-founder of Give Lively LLC, a social enterprise to facilitate philanthropic giving, which she directs. He is a Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, a think tank based in New York City, and he serves on the boards of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice, and GivingTuesday, a global movement that unleashes the power of radical generosity.

Prior to founding JS Capital, Jonathan spent nine years with Soros Fund Management LLC, serving as its President and Deputy Chairman from 2005 to 2011. He is a co-founder of Friends of Democracy PAC, the Fair Trial Initiative, and Victory 2021. He also previously served as co-chair of the board of New America and held several board positions affiliated with the Open Society Foundations.

Jonathan clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He received his BA from Wesleyan University.