<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2026/marc-lasry-business-of-team-success.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>04/22/2026</pubDate><title>Prominent Sports Investor Discusses Leadership and the Business of Team Success</title><description>As part of the University of New Haven’s Sports Leadership Exchange Speaker Series, President Jens Frederiksen hosted business leader and sports executive Marc Lasry, who offered lessons on building strong teams, creating positive culture, and turning passion into long-term success.</description><hide-description/><author>Shana-Kay Hyde ’27</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>April 22, 2026</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/general/2026/lasry-frederiksen.jpg" alt="President Jens Frederiksen, Ph.D.(left) and business leader and sports executive Marc Lasry (right)"/></image><image-caption>President Jens Frederiksen, Ph.D.(left) and business leader and sports executive Marc Lasry (right)</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>dept-sport-tourism-hospitality-management</tag><tag>event-sports-leadership-exchange</tag><tag>name-shana-kay-hyde</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-grad-sport-management</tag><tag>program-ug-sport-management</tag><tag>year-2026</tag></tags></item>