National Hockey League (NHL) is currently run by Gary Bruce Bettman.
Gary Bettman took office as the National Hockey League’s first Commissioner on February 1, 1993, replacing Gil Stein, who served as the NHL’s final president.
Bettman was hired by the NHL’s team owners with the mandate of selling the game in the United States by expanding the League in non-traditional hockey markets, ending labor disputes between owners and the NHL Players Association, and modernizing the game.
Under Bettman, the NHL has seen rapid growth in league revenues, from $400 million when he was hired to over $3 billion in 2010–11.
Bettman was named sports executive of the year by the SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily in May 2014.
In 2016, Bettman was inducted as a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018.
As of 2023, Gary Bettman is the longest-serving active commissioner in professional sports.