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Business of Sport

Charlie and Harry Stebbings

The show that takes you behind the scenes with the industry"s biggest owners, operators and athletes. It"s the game you don"t see!

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01:04:52

Business of Sport Ep.52: Rick Parry, Chair @ English...

Business of Sport ·

2025/01/14

This week we’re delighted to welcome EFL Chair Rick Parry to the show. Rick has seen it all in football; The first CEO of the Premier League, CEO of Liverpool (1998-2009), and now Chair of English Football League. It can easily be argued that overseeing the interests of 72 clubs ranging from Leeds to Morecambe, is the hardest job in football. But Rick would never look at it like that. When we asked why take this job now having been offered it in the past, he simply responded ‘because I believe I can

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01:14:39

Business of Sport Ep.51: Laurie Dalrymple, CEO @...

Business of Sport ·

2025/01/07

We’re back with a bang as we welcome Harlequins CEO Laurie Dalrymple to the show. This is one of English sport’s most historic organisations. Laurie has been in charge of the Premiership Rugby team for over 5 years, establishing them as one of the leading commercial entities in the game while delivering huge success including league titles and European Cup semi-finals on the pitch. We’ve had some incredible rugby chats on the show in the past. This is no different. From the viability of teams as

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57:12

Business of Sport Ep.50: Édouard Mendy, Chelsea,...

Business of Sport ·

2024/12/17

Today is the milestone 50th episode and we have a guest to match it. Édourard Mendy is a Champions League and AFCON winner. He won FIFA's ‘The Best’ and UEFA Goalkeeper of the year award in 2021. He holds the record for the joint most clean sheets in a single Champions League season. He went from nearly giving up the football dream in a French job centre with a baby on the way to winning the CL with Chelsea in 7 years. And now he's playing alongside Mahrez, Firmino and Toney at Al-Ahli. Away from

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01:04:58

Business of Sport Ep.49: Matt Hancock, CEO @ Port...

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2024/12/10

After amazing shows with a number of CEO’s across the football industry, we’re today venturing into the lowest of the English Football League’s with current League Two promotion chasers Port Vale. Matt Hancock has been CEO of this historic club since January. Having been relegated from League One in his first few months in charge, it’s fair to say the learning curve has been steep. But these are the shows we love to do. It’s proper business, not propped up by the billions of international ownership

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Business of Sport Ep.48: Mark Bowen, Fmr Premier...

Business of Sport ·

2024/12/03

Today we speak to a man who has been in and around football for over 40 years. Mark Bowen played over 400 games at the top of English football for the likes of Tottenham, Norwich and West Ham, before transitioning into management as both a head coach and assistant. For much of his management career he has partnered with Mark Hughes, acting as his assistant manager at Man City, Stoke, Southampton, Fulham and QPR. Most recently Mark has spent a number of years with Reading, and is currently going

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Business of Sport Ep.47: Zak Brown, CEO @ McLaren...

Business of Sport ·

2024/11/26

Today we speak to a man who needs little introduction. Zak Brown is the CEO of McLaren Racing, one of Formula One’s most iconic brands and a team currently undergoing a resurgence as it challenges at the top of both the Drivers and Constructors Championships after years of struggling to match the success of Mercedes and Red Bull. Turning an organisation round and re-establishing a culture of success is no easy task, and Zak has been under no illusion that to reach the top of one of the most

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01:06:38

Business of Sport Ep.46: Felix Starck, CEO @ Baller...

Business of Sport ·

2024/11/19

The week we're delighted to welcome Felix Starck to the show. Felix is CEO of Baller League, an alternative to historic sporting competition. New propositions, new formats, new leagues. A lot of conversation we have on the show focuses on how leagues are in need of development and refreshment and subsequently what alternatives could be out there to entice the coveted youth audience rightsholders crave. Baller League is this new product. 6 a-side, entertainment driven, quick football, short matches,

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01:05:53

Business of Sport Ep.45: Gary Rowett, Fmr Derby,...

Business of Sport ·

2024/11/12

This week we are delighted to welcome Gary Rowett to the show. Gary has managed over 500 games working at some of the most historic clubs in English football, and played at the highest level with 381 appearances in the Premier League and EFL. Much of his career has been spent managing across the Football League with the likes of Birmingham, Derby, Stoke, Millwall, Burton Albion. One of the most popular and respected men in the game, he gives a detailed overview of the pressures of management, how

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01:12:20

Business of Sport Ep.44: Alex Tunbridge, CEO @...

Business of Sport ·

2024/11/05

This week we are joined by Cambridge United CEO Alex Tunbridge. Last week, Cambridge was in the news for activities off the pitch, as they unveiled a full rebrand of the club, most notably revealing a new crest to create a more modern and digital feel to the branding of Cambridge, while importantly maintaining the heritage and culture so valuable to its historic identity. Some of you may start to think we’ve got a bit of thing for League One clubs, and you may not be wrong. But when it comes to the

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Business of Sport Ep.43: Brady Stewart, CEO @ Bay FC,...

Business of Sport ·

2024/10/29

This week, we are joined by Brady Stewart, CEO of the NWSL’s newest franchise Bay FC. The NWSL is going from strength to strength both on and off the field. San Francisco needed a franchise, and the birth of Bay as the women’s football team in the city steeped in sporting history is just the next step on the league’s mission to be the best women’s football league in the world. When global investment firm Sixth Street backed the franchise with $120m, the biggest single institutional investment in

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01:08:53

Business of Sport Ep.42: Michael Yormark, President @...

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2024/10/22

This week, we are joined by one of the most influential figures in the world of sport and entertainment: Michael Yormark, President of Roc Nation Sports International. With a career that spans over two decades at the intersection of business, marketing, and global talent representation, Michael has redefined what it means to manage athletes and entertainers in today’s fast-paced, multimedia-driven world. For the agency established by Jay-Z, Michael has been the driving force behind Roc Nation’s

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01:00:09

Business of Sport Ep.41: Liam Scully, CEO @ Lincoln...

Business of Sport ·

2024/10/15

Liam is the CEO of Lincoln City, who are currently competing in League One of English football, and who at Liam’s own admission, have been overperforming both their budget and performance expectations for years. The running of clubs further down the football pyramid is not easy. They have to operate as far more and sensible businesses rather than billionaire playpens. Liam not only brings some incredible insight into managing a team in the lower leagues, but as he sits on the board of the English

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01:08:22

Business of Sport Ep.40: Miguel Sequerra, Sports...

Business of Sport ·

2024/10/08

Miguel is one of the sports industry’s leading commercial agents. Mbappe, Neymar, Beckham, Mourinho, Ricciardo; Miguel has been involved with all of them. This is the side of the sports industry we don’t hear about. Yet this is the side that drives more business than any other. Having worked directly for Kylian Mbappe’s family office, and then for some of the worlds biggest agencies like CAA and Kin, Miguel’s experience of capitalising on the global profiling of sport’s biggest stars brings to life

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Business of Sport Ep.39: Ollie Pope, England Cricket...

Business of Sport ·

2024/10/01

Ollie is the vice captain of the England cricket team. Last month, with Ben Stokes out injured, he was made captain for the first time for the series against Sri Lanka. He has been a key part of the side that over the last few years has transformed how test cricket is both viewed and played. An insight into what is going on behind the scenes with England throughout this period is something we’ve wanted to dig into from the start of the show. It’s fair to say that the future of test match cricket

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Business of Sport Ep.38: Vikram Banerjee, Director of...

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2024/09/24

Vikram is the Director of Business Operations at the England & Wales Cricket Board and is the man in charge of selling stakes in The Hundred franchises. Vikram was a professional cricketer before taking up his position at the ECB, playing short and long form cricket around the world. Domestic cricket has been under pressure in the UK. The international game is strong, franchise tournaments like the IPL and Big Bash have thrived, but county cricket, the foundations of the game, has struggled to

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01:08:19

Business of Sport Ep.37: Claire Williams, Fmr Deputy...

Business of Sport ·

2024/09/17

This week we are delighted to welcome Claire Williams to the show. For nearly a decade, Claire served as the Deputy Team Principal of Williams Racing, one of the most iconic teams in F1 history. As the daughter of the legendary Sir Frank Williams, you could say she had the weight of her family’s legacy on her shoulders, but she forged her own path with courage, tenacity, and a relentless drive to succeed. Claire's journey wasn’t just about steering a team through the competitive and challenging

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01:00:14

Business of Sport Ep.36: Paul Tisdale, Fmr Exeter...

Business of Sport ·

2024/09/10

This week we are delighted to welcome Paul Tisdale to the show. A former Premier League player, Paul went on to manage over 600 games in the football league for the likes of Exeter City, Bristol Rovers, MK Dons, and Stevenage. His time at Exeter delivered a complete transformation of the club, taking them from the National League to League One via back to back promotions. He cultivated an elite pool of talent that included Ollie Watkins and Ethan Ampadu. He was labelled the most fashionable man in

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01:16:14

Business of Sport Ep.35: Charlie Methven, Co-Owner @...

Business of Sport ·

2024/08/27

This week, we are delighted to welcome Charlie Methven to the show. Charlie is the co-owner and CEO of Charlton Athletic. He was part of the consortium that bought the London club in 2023, and was appointed CEO earlier this year. But as many of you will have seen in the infamous ‘Sunderland til I Die’ Netflix documentary, this isn’t his first dabble in football club ownership. He was part of the group that took over Sunderland as they attempted to recover from back to back relegations. What

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Business of Sport Ep.34: Marcos Galperin, Owner @...

Business of Sport ·

2024/08/20

This week, we’re delighted to welcome Marcos Galperin to the show. Marcos is the founder of Latin American e-commerce giant Mercado Libre. Last year, he bought the Miami Sharks, a Major League Rugby expansion franchise, combining a lifelong passion for the game with asset ownership in a high potential league and market. There are some crazy numbers in the world of sports valuations, and the opportunity to identify value where it is not yet maximised is becoming increasingly hard. Can rugby make it

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01:06:18

Business of Sport Ep.33: Alexis Ohanian, Owner @...

Business of Sport ·

2024/08/13

This week, we are delighted to welcome Alexis Ohanian. Alexis has become a prolific sports asset owner and investor, with controlling stakes in the NWSL’s Angel City, TGL franchise Los Angeles Golf Club, and new athletics venture Athlos. Alongside his involvement in sport, Alexis is the Founder and General Partner of 776, an early stage venture capital firm with $970m AUM. He is also one of the co-founders of Reddit. You add all that together and apply it to sport, the outcome is pretty special

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