Ivan Gazidis

ABOUT IVAN GAZIDIS

Soccer executive who took over as chief executive of Arsenal on January 1, 2009; served as deputy commissioner of the MLS in the early 2000s.

He played college soccer at St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford.

He was a key contributor in promoting the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.

He took over as executive of an Arsenal team that was managed by Arsene Wenger .