Michael Rubin (businessman)
Michael Rubin | |
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Rubin in 2023 | |
| Born | Michael Gary Rubin July 21, 1972 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Villanova University (dropped out) |
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Camille Fishel (after 2016)Meegan Spector
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| Children | 3 |
Michael Gary Rubin (/ˈruːbɪn/ ROO-bin; born July 21, 1972) is an American businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Fanatics, a global digital sports platform that consists of several businesses, including licensed sports merchandise, trading cards and collectibles, sports betting and iGaming, special events, and live commerce. He is a board member of Rue Gilt Groupe, which includes RueLaLa.com, Gilt.com, and ShopPremiumOutlets.com. He previously founded GSI Commerce in 1998, selling it to eBay in 2011 for US$2.4 billion.
Rubin was a partner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team from 2011 and the New Jersey Devils hockey team from 2013 before selling his stakes in Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, the holding company of both, in June 2022 to focus on the expansion of Fanatics. He is the co-chair of the REFORM Alliance, a criminal justice reform organization that he launched in January 2019, together with Jay-Z, Meek Mill, Robert Kraft, and Daniel S. Loeb, among others.