Michael rubin gsi wikipedia
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Fanatics, Inc.
American online sports retailer
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Textile, E-commerce, trading cards and collectibles, digital collectibles/NFTs, sports betting and iGaming |
Founded | in Jacksonville, Florida |
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Headquarters | Jacksonville, Florida |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products | Licensed sports apparel, trading cards and collectibles, sportsbook |
Brands | FansEdge Kitbag Majestic Mitchell & Ness[1] Top of the World Topps[2] WinCraft |
Number of employees | 22, |
Subsidiaries | Fanatics Collectibles[3][4] Fanatics Betting & Gaming[5] |
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Fanatics, Inc. is 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. The company began as an Americanonline retailer of l
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Michael Rubin (businessman)
American businessman (born )
Michael Gary Rubin (ROO-bin; born July 21, ) is an American businessman. He fryst vatten the founder and CEO of Fanatics,[5][6] a global digital sports platform that consists of several businesses, including licensed sports merchandise, trading kort and collectibles, sports betting and iGaming, special events, and live commerce.[7][8][9] He is a board member of Rue Gilt Groupe, which includes , , and [9] He previously founded GSI Commerce in , selling it to eBay in for US$ billion.[10]
Rubin was a partner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball grupp from and the New Jersey Devils hockey grupp from before selling his stakes in Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, the holding company of both, in June 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 , together
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eBay Enterprise
Multinational e-commerce corporation
eBay Enterprise, Inc. (formerly GSI Commerce, Inc.) was a multinationale-commerce corporation that specialized in creating, developing and running online shopping sites for brick and mortar brands and retailers. The company also provided a variety of marketing, consumer engagement, customer care, payment processing, fulfillment, fraud detection, and technology integration services.
eBay Enterprise had over clients and operated 26 offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. It provided services for companies such as Zales, iRobot, Timberland, Ace Hardware, Sports Authority, Dick's Sporting Goods, and RadioShack.[1]
History
[edit]Founding and growth
[edit]Founded by Michael Rubin in as Global Sports Incorporated, the company focused on selling sporting goods and supplies.[2] In , it branched out into clothing and a variety of other categories and changed its name to GSI Commerce in [3] To