Jon was born and raised in Huntington, Long Island, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1980 with a B.A. in History, and given the limited choices of that degree, went to Stanford Law School, graduating in 1984. He then worked as an entertainment lawyer for 39 years in New York City, first at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison for 2 years, then as a business affairs attorney in-house at William Morris Agency until 2000, and then as head of Business Affairs at Disney Theatrical Productions until he elected to retire in September of 2023.
In 2024, Jon undertook health and life coach training and is now a certified (not certifiable) health and life coach.
On the personal side, Jon got married in 1988 to his first wife (whereabouts unknown), lived in Huntington and raised 2 kids.
He got divorced in 2012 and moved to Long Island City, where he met his current wife, Ana. They bought a weekend home in West Norwalk in 2020 and now live there full time since his retirement in 2023 with their 2 goldendoodles, Lucy and Murphy.
Jon’s interests include longevity, tennis, definitely NOT pickleball, paddle tennis, fitness, self-improvement and cooking.
