Who Is Jessica Pegula’s Husband, Taylor Gahagen?

Jessica Pegula might be dominating her matches at the 2025 US Open, but she’s already found her perfect match off the court, with her husband, Taylor Gahagen.

Pegula and Gahagen were first linked a decade ago in 2015, and their relationship blossomed alongside her tennis career. Over the past few years, Pegula, who is the daughter of Buffalo Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula, has risen through the WTA rankings, and through it all, Gahagen has been by her side, traveling the world to watch her play.

Although not much is known about the early days of their romance, Gahagen previously worked for Pegula’s parents’ sports and entertainment management company for nearly a decade. By early 2019, they were engaged and initially planned to marry the following year, but their plans were pushed back due to the pandemic.

“We were supposed to get married in October last year,” Pegula said on the Tennis.com podcast in January 2021. “We postponed it a year … It’s fine, it worked out!”

Now, as a married couple, Gahagen is not only Pegula’s partner for life, but he’s also a partner in all of her endeavors. Gahagen serves as the vice president of Pegula’s skincare company, Ready 24, and helps her run her charitable foundation, A Lending Paw.

So who is Jessica Pegula’s husband? Here’s everything to know about Taylor Gahagen and his relationship with the professional athlete.

He grew up in upstate New York

Gahagen was born and raised in Williamsville, N.Y., where he attended Williamsville North High School, per the State University of New York at Fredonia website. There, he played on the baseball team and even befriended his classmate Rob Gronkowski, ESPN reported.

He attended college in New York and later got his MBA

After graduating from high school, Gahagen enrolled at SUNY Fredonia, near his hometown.

While in college, Gahagen played on the school’s baseball team and was involved with the accounting society, the business club and the financial management association, according to his LinkedIn. He graduated with a degree in business administration.

Afterward, Gahagen earned his MBA from Canisius University in Buffalo, N.Y. While there, he served as a graduate assistant for the university’s hockey program.

He worked at Pegula Sports and Entertainment

In 2013, Gahagen began working at Pegula Sports and Entertainment, the sports and entertainment management company owned by Pegula’s parents. The corporation owns numerous sports teams, including the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres. Pegula Sports and Entertainment also owns Black River Entertainment, the record label that represents artists like Kelsea Ballerini.

At the company, Gahagen held numerous roles. He worked as a marketing manager and was closely involved in launching and branding the LECOM Harborcenter, a retail and entertainment facility in Buffalo that opened in 2014 (also where the Buffalo Sabres practice). After working as a digital and promotions coordinator, Gahagen was promoted to director of corporate development and later became an executive, per his LinkedIn.

“I don’t think there’s anywhere else I would want to work,” Gahagen told WKBW TV in a January 2016 interview. “It’s so exciting. I think everybody’s talked about the opportunity in the area and the opportunity for Buffalo and the pride of Buffalo is bar none. Raising the profile of Buffalo on a national, international, global scale is what’s most exciting.”

Gahagen left the company in 2023 and is now a managing partner at both Dragos Capital and Agarwood Wealth.

He and Pegula were first linked in 2015

Pegula and Gahagen have kept their relationship private, but they were first linked in 2015 when she shared a photo from a costume party she attended with Gahagen.

While the Instagram photo has now been deleted, the earliest photo Pegula still has up with Gahagen is from a date in New York City in September 2016.

They married in 2021

While it’s unknown exactly when Gahagen popped the question, Pegula was spotted wearing a diamond on her ring finger in early 2019. In an Instagram post from a trip to Prague in May of that year, Pegula could be seen wearing a ring while posing for a photo.

Following their engagement, Pegula and Gahagen were supposed to wed in October 2020, but the ceremony had to be postponed due to the pandemic. During an appearance on the Tennis.com podcast, Pegula revealed that they ultimately decided to push the special occasion one year back.

In October 2021, Pegula and Gahagen finally said “I do” at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C., per Tennis.com. The intimate ceremony was attended by the couple’s family and close friends, including fellow tennis players Jennifer Brady, Asia Muhammad, Taylor Townsend and Samantha Crawford.

He and Pegula went to Costa Rica for their honeymoon

Due to Pegula’s busy tennis schedule, the pair didn’t get the chance to enjoy a honeymoon until the summer of 2022. That July, Pegula and Gahagen jetted off to Costa Rica, where they had different ideas for spending their downtime.

Pegula explained to WTA that she’s much more “adventurous” than her husband, and while she took the chance to go waterfall rappelling and ziplining, Gahagen opted to watch from afar.

“It was amazing, it was so much fun. We want to go back so bad. It was just the best experience. The people, the food, the lifestyle was so much fun,” she said.

He is vice president of Pegula’s skincare company, Ready 24

In 2018, Pegula founded her skincare company, Ready 24, alongside Gahagen. The product line is aimed at those with an active lifestyle and includes a cleanser, a moisturizer and a mist.

“I like to say it’s adaptable skin care,” Pegula told Vogue. “It’s for people on the go, not just athletes, and people that might want to mix their regimen with other products. It’s very basic: Growing up, I had horrible skin, and usually when I did less, my skin got better.”

They run a foundation together

Pegula and Gahagen love animals, so they founded A Lending Paw together. The charity helps support the training of rescue dogs to become service animals, which they then connect with people in need.

“We wanted to help people afford service dogs. Not only is that about dogs helping people, it’s about people helping dogs, because we only work with rescues. It goes both ways,” Pegula said to Vogue.

They are also dog owners themselves, and in May 2024, Pegula shared that they had adopted a new puppy in a post she shared on Instagram.