Markus Lehto has been thinking a lot more about the beginnings of Acme World Sports lately.
Lehto and Bill Zito had the vision of founding a sports agency and representing hockey players in the United States and Europe. Acme was their double creation in 1995.
They started a lot from the ground.
“They go back and think of the times when Bill Zito and I drove in Billy’s little car on the east coast and thought, ‘How do we get things sorted out?'” Said Lehto. “That must have been 23, 24 years ago. We had great moments. These moments will never be forgotten. “
Lehto and Zito have expanded the agency exponentially over the past 18 years, and Lehto continued when Zito switched to the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2013. Since then, Lehto and current Acme partners Pete Rutili, Simo Niiranen, Brett Peterson and Joe Pinter have continued to build Acme through their US office in Chicago and …
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