SOLD OUT: Eric Grubman MBA 87, Executive Vice President, NFL
NFL Draft comes to Chicago on April 30, 2015 for the first time since 1964.
THIS EVENT IS SOLD-OUT
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Time: 5:30 - 7:30pm
Location: Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 77 W Wacker Dr, 51st Floor
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The Harvard Club of Chicago (Co-Sponsored with the Harvard Business School Club of Chicago and the Wharton Club of Chicago) is honored and excited to share the evening in dialogue with a top NFL executive the night before the Draft returns to Chicago for the first time in 50 years.
Be part of the Celebration in Chicago by joining us in a dialogue with:
ERIC GRUBMAN, MBA '87
Executive Vice President, NFL
- Obtain an insider's view of the NFL
- Get a behind the scenes look at the NFL Draft
- Gain an understanding of the business of the NFL
The National Football League is the world's most profitable sports league. According to Forbes, the average NFL team is worth $1.43 billion, up 23% from 2013. For the eighth consecutive year, the most valuable team is the Dallas Cowboys, worth $3.2 billion. Rounding out the top four are the New England Patriots, worth $2.6 billion, Washington Redskins, worth $2.4 billion and New York Giants, valued at $2.1 billion.
The NFL generates more than $9 billion a year in revenue. The NFL is more lucrative than any other professional sports league. And, Commissioner Roger Goodell has set a heady goal for the owners to increase NFL revenues to $25 billion by 2027. The question is, "How will this growth come about?"
Grubman is known as the league's top money man, reporting directly to Commissioner Goodell. If Commissioner Roger Goodell is the quarterback of the NFL headquarters, Eric Grubman is more like the running back, negotiating around, over and through obstacles while always trying to advance the ball.
Grubman is the league's chief deal maker, a long time Goldman Sachs investment banker who plays a crucial role in major transactions such as the sale of a team, the construction of stadiums, or the various relationships with league partners. He leads the league's strategic investment fund, and other key strategic initiatives.
The NFL is spinning into a sports and entertainment and media venture with Grubman leading the helm of NFL Ventures. The NFL is the first professional sports league to unveil a venture capital arm, a path to widening its already expansive revenue stream. In 2013, the league teamed up with Providence Equity Partners in its new undertaking. The focus is on investing in "sports-and entertainment-related media assets".
Grubman is the league's point man on team relocation. Momentum continues to build toward a NFL return to Los Angeles after 20 years of being absent of a NFL team. Grubman is leading the charge. Recently, he addressed the assembled owners on what's happening in Los Angeles, and with the St. Louis Rams, Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers who are vying for a move to the 2nd largest metropolitan area in the country and for new stadiums. After meeting with the 32 owners, Grubman said he has growing confidence an NFL team will be in Los Angeles, perhaps two teams and perhaps as soon as 2016.
Join Harvard Alums & other Chicago clubs for a private reception and fascinating dialogue with the NFL's most intriguing executive, Eric Grubman and learn more about the business behind America's favorite game.
He is currently involved with the league’s business operations, its private equity and venture capital initiatives, and market development. He also works on various strategic transactions.
Mr. Grubman is a former partner of Goldman, Sachs & Company. He is also former co-president of Constellation Energy Group, a Fortune 500 company located in Baltimore, Maryland.
Mr. Grubman graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1980 and served in the nuclear submarine service aboard USS Boston, SSN703.
Following active duty, he earned an MBA at the Harvard Business School in 1987. He serves on the Board of the United States Naval Academy Foundation, and he is a director of Noble Energy Inc., serving on the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee.
Mr. Grubman and his wife Elizabeth Compton reside in New York City and Long Valley, New Jersey. They have two sons.
EVENT DETAILS:
DATE: Wednesday, April 29, 2015
TIME: 5:30pm Registration/Networking, 6:00pm Start, 7:00pm Q&A
LOCATION: Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 77 W Wacker Dr, 51st Floor
SOLD OUT
DUE TO SECURITY MEASURES, ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED, NO WALK-INS.
Reservations will be held at the door. You must have Photo ID upon
entering the building for security purposes. Please arrive before 5:30pm
or admission may be denied.
COST:
HCC Crimson and Crimson Passport members: FREE
HCC Regular members and their guests: $30/person
Non-members of HCC: $50/person
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