| Paul Skjodt | |
| Birth Date: | 28 June 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality: | Canadian / American |
| Occupation: | Businessman |
| Known For: | Former ice hockey player |
| Spouse: | Cindy Simon |
| Children: | 3 |
| Relatives: | Melvin 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.
Paul Skjodt was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 28, 1958.[1]
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.[1]
In 1986, Skjodt moved to Indianapolis in 1986 to pursue a career with the Indianapolis Checkers of the International Hockey League.[2]
Skjodt founded and owned the now defunct Indiana Ice hockey team of the USHL, that won the Clark Cup Championship in 2009 and 2014.[2]
In 2014, Skjodt was planning on building a $25 million 250,000-square-foot sports complex in northwest Indianapolis.[3]
In 1987, he married Cindy Simon, the daughter of Melvin Simon and Bess Simon.[2] They have three children, Erik, Samantha and Ian.[2]
They are leading political donors, giving $6.6 million to the Democratic Party in the 2018 elections.[4]
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.[5]