Bill Zito

Who is Bill Zito?

William Francis Zito, Jr. is an American attorney and professional sports agent. As President and co-founder the sports agency Acme World Sports LLC, Zito is best known for representing National Hockey League players Tim Thomas, Tuukka Rask, Tuomo Ruutu, and Antti Niemi, retired NHL players John Madden and Brian Rafalski, as wells as several prominent professional ice hockey players in Europe. In summer of 2013, Acme World Sports was listed as the 8th highest grossing hockey agency in the world by Forbes.com. Since founding Acme along with close friend Markus Lehto in 1995, Zito has negotiated several precedent-setting contracts, including a 6-year, $38 Million contract for Kimmo Timonen in 2007, making Timonen the highest-paid NHL defenseman, as well as a $30 million deal for Brian Rafalski that same summer. In the summer of 2011, he negotiated a 6-year, $33 million contract for James Wisniewski and a 5-year, $27 million deal for Ville Leino. More recently, Zito landed a $25 million contract for Valtteri Filppula, as well as an eight-year, $56 million deal for Tuukka Rask, making Rask the highest paid goaltender in the NHL by annual salary cap hit alongside Pekka Rinne.