Michael Rubin's Sports Empire

How He's Building Fanatics Into One of the World's Largest Companies

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Justin Gordon
June 11, 2023

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Michael Rubin

Michael Rubin is a purebred entrepreneur and he has been since a young age.

Today, he’s the CEO of Fanatics, a global leader in licensed sports merchandise that’s valued at more than $30 billion, has more than 100 million customers, and sells millions of products.

Odds are, if you’ve ever bought any sports apparel, it was probably made or sold by them.

Michael is also the Executive Chairman of the Rue Gilt Groupe and Co-chair of the Reform Alliance, an organization working to transform probation and parole.

Oh, and until recently he was part owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils.

Building successful companies for the past few decades has made Michael a billionaire multiple times over, with Forbes estimating his net worth to be $11.4 billion at the time of this writing.

And, unlike many other billionaires, he seems to be having the most fun doing it, as you might have seen with his famous 4th of July white party and Super Bowl parties.

He’s combined a relentless work ethic, relationship-building skills, and a love for business to create one of the largest sports companies in the world and despite all the success, he’s just getting started.

Let’s get to it.

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