Jay Melamed
Jay is the co-founder and CEO of XP League, North America’s premier coach-led competitive youth esports league. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Jay is father to a set of g/g/b triplets and a younger son who rounds out the bunch.
Jay has a history of successful business leadership and entrepreneurship.
In 2015, Jay successfully sold his seven-year-old start-up which he grew to be listed on the Inc 500 list in both 2014 and 2015. His most recent role as Regional Vice President with a publicly traded consolidator had him oversee the acquisition of multiple companies and run a team of over 350 employees.
In 2010, Jay received his MBA from UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and was awarded the Triangle Business Top Entrepreneur Award in 2013.
Jay is an avid wakesurfer and skateboarder, an awful golfer, and a dedicated husband to a wife with whom he has traveled the world. In any spare time you can find him playing COD and snuggling his kids, all who game competitively.
