John Sicilian

Mr. Sicilian is a co-founder of 1848 Capital Partners LLC.
Throughout his career, Mr. Sicilian has served on the board of directors of numerous travel and transportation-related companies, both public and private (including Eastern Airlines, Pan American World Airways, ARINC, AgentWare, and OneTravel).
Previously, Mr. Sicilian was the Chairman and President of the reorganized Eastern Airlines from 1995- 2002, and its Executive Vice President and General Counsel from 1990-1994.
During his tenure, Mr. Sicilian consummated over 150 transactions involving over $2.2 billion in assets, including regulated international route authorities, complex airport leasehold interests, over 130 aircraft, over 300 engines and numerous intellectual property assets.
His responsibilities also included the disposition of eight operating entities employing over 1,500 employees as well as resolution of pension claims involving approximately 25,000 ex-employees and retiree health benefit claims relating to approximately 10,000 retirees.
Mr. Sicilian has assisted in the management of investments which include the creation of Heartland Food Corp.
with its 248 Burger King franchised restaurants, the second-largest Burger King franchise in the world (including its ultimate sale to a Blackstone-affiliate in 2006).
Among other transactions, Mr. Sicilian also has co-led control investments in Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museums in New York City and London (the largest Ripley's museums in the world), as well as Sunbelt Diversified Enterprises and Chicago-based Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI), the largest independent provider of warranty coverage to the corporate aircraft industry.
Formerly, Mr. Sicilian was an attorney with Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand (now merged with DLA Piper Rudnick) in Washington, D.C.
and Ford & Harrison in Atlanta.
Mr. Sicilian holds a J.D.
from Washington & Lee Law School (cum laude) and a B.A. from Holy Cross College (magna cum laude).