Jon J. Franklin
Jon J Franklin (aka "Jon Franklin") is a sports marketing and sports television business executive who is currently Chief Executive Officer of the revitalized World Pro Ski Tour and Chief Executive Officer of a now re-surging "Ski Racing Media", the worlds leading digital publication focused on alpine ski racing. The World Pro Ski Tour, begun in 1968, is the world's number one professional head to head dual format ski race tour. Ski Racing Media has for over 50 years been known as the "Bible of the Sport" for Alpine ski racing news.[citation needed] Through the start of 2018, Franklin was CEO of Glory Sports International, the parent company of Glory Kickboxing that was seen on ESPN in the USA along with UFC Fightpass and Veronica/SBS Holland and others in more than 170 countries. Franklin began working with Glory in 2012 and joined full time as CEO in 2014. Under Franklin's leadership in 2017 Glory was named the World's leading Kickboxing promotion by Combat Press and one of the World's most influential combat sports promotions by Fox Sports that same year (Along with the UFC and Bellator). Franklin continued at Glory as USA Promoter and Chief Development Officer in 2018 and early 2019. In this role he secured Monster Energy as Glory's first Global sponsor. From 1999 through 2002 Franklin was President of Golden Gloves boxing. To be noted, Jon J Franklin has been a strong supporter of women's sports at the highest levels, having brought female fighters into Golden Gloves during his tenure as President, started a women's division of Glory Kickboxing while he was CEO and in 2022 brought women's ski racing into the World Pro Ski Tour with equal pay racing the same courses as the men.
Career
Prior to Glory, Franklin was a Vice President of
Olympics
Summer: At the 2008 Summer Olympic in Beijing China, Franklin worked with
Winter: While at IMG- Media and later with Sports-EntCo, Franklin worked with athletes and managed sponsor programs at every Winter Olympics from the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics through to the 2006 Italy Winter Olympics.
Personal
Franklin, an INT slalom waterski competitor, was the television analyst for the Waterski World Cup for Versus Television and Outdoor Life Networks through the 1990s.
In the course of his television production career, Franklin has won numerous television awards including Telly and Aurora awards for TV production for sport shows on Fox, ESPN, CBS and other networks.[citation needed]
References
- ^ http://www.mmamania.com/2014/8/19/6044119/new-glory-ceo-john-j-franklin-promotion-return-spike-tv-october-mma New GLORY CEO Jon J. Franklin says kickboxing promotion will return to Spike in late October - MMAmania.com
- ^ GLORY Sports International Appoints Jon J. Franklin As Global Chief Executive - NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/
- ^ GLORY's new CEO talks next event, future plans, Spike TV relationship - Bloody Elbow
- ^ Glory CEO: U.S. Television Deal Imminent for Superfight Series Cards
- ^ Glory CEO Discusses 2015 Plans, Mike Tyson as Commentator, Navy vs. Air Force Bout