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Jun 02, 1952 Queens, New York, United States 71 years old
NHL Commissioner
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About Gary Bettman
- Gary Bruce Bettman (born June 2, 1952) is the commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL), a post he has held since February 1, 1993.
- Previously, Bettman was a senior vice president and general counsel to the National Basketball Association (NBA).
- Bettman is a graduate of Cornell University and New York University School of Law.
- Bettman was elected into the Hockey Hall Of Fame in 2018. Under Bettman, the NHL has seen rapid growth of league revenues, from $400 million when he was hired to over $3.0 billion in 2010–11.
- He also oversaw the expansion of the NHL's footprint across the United States, with seven new teams added during his tenure, bringing the NHL to 31, starting as of the 2017–2018 season.
- In May 2014, Bettman was named "sports executive of the year" by the SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily.
- In 2016, Bettman was inducted as a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.Bettman's tenure in the NHL has been controversial.
- He has often been criticized for attempting to give the game a mass appeal, and for expanding the league into non-traditional hockey markets such as the Sun Belt at the expense of the more traditional markets in Canada and the Northern United States.
- Bettman has also been a central figure of three labor stoppages, including the 2004–05 NHL lockout that saw the entire season canceled.
- These controversies have made him unpopular with many fans around the league.
