Jan Leschly
Danish businessman and tennis player (born 1940)
Jan Leschly (born 11 September 1940) is a Danish businessman and former professional tennis player. He was a semifinalist in the men's singles at the 1967 U.S. National Championships and a quarterfinalist in doubles at the 1966 Wimbledon Championships.2
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Born Sep 11, 1940.1
About
From 1957 to 1973, he won 18 career titles in singles.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jan Leschly, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- A.P. Møller HoldingBoard member8
- MaerskBoard member9
Career
Occupation: entrepreneur, tennis player.5
- Date not recordedBoard member, Maersk3
- Date not recordedBoard member, A.P. Møller Holding4
Tennis career
He was a tour tennis professional from the late the 1950s to the early 1970s. In July 1957, he won his first title the East of England Championships on grass at Felixstowe. From 1959 to 1971, he participated in nine Wimbledon Championships and achieved his best result in 1966 when he reached the fourth round of the singles event, and with his countryman Jørgen Ulrich (uncle of Lars Ulrich whose father is Torben Ulrich), he reached the quarterfinals of the doubles event.
Jan Leschly was in the semifinals of the US Championship at Forest Hills in 1967, losing to Clark Graebner in five sets.
He was ranked World No. 10 for 1967 in Lance Tingay's amateur rankings for The Daily Telegraph. In 1972, he won his last title at the Scandinavian Indoor Championships, played on carpet courts at Copenhagen. In 1973, played his final tournament at the Coast Championship at Rungsted, losing in the semifinals to Lars Elvstrom.
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Work career
Leschly has been the chairman and chief executive officer of Care Capital LLC, a private equity firm, since May 2000.
Other positions:
Chief Executive and Director, SmithKline Beecham, a company that develops and markets pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter medicines, 1994 to May 2000.
Director, American Express, Viacom, Maersk, and Dynavax Technologies Corporation.
Member, Advisory Board of Daimler Chrysler and the Emory University Business School Dean's Advisory Council.
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Personal life
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- 1WikidataJan Leschly on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaJan Leschly on Wikipedia
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- 9WikidataMaersk, Board member
- 10Wikimedia CommonsJan Leschly photo by Private photo, CC0