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Zuffa Zuffa, LLC ( ) is an American sports promotion company specializing in mixed martial arts. It was founded in January 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada, by Station Casinos executives Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta to be the parent entity of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) after they purchased it from the Semaphore Entertainment Group. The word "Zuffa" is an Italian word (] ), meaning "fight". On July 11, 2016, Zuffa announced that it would be purchased by WME-IMG for the price of $4 billion.
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Frank Fertitta III Frank Joseph Fertitta III (born February 24, 1962) is an American entrepreneur. He is the current CEO of Station Casinos. He is also an owner of Zuffa LLC, which is the entity that formerly ran the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
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Emil Michael Emil G. Michael (Arabic: إيميل مايكل‎ ‎ ; born September 19, 1972) is an Egyptian-born American businessman. A former White House Fellow, and executive at Tellme Networks, Michael served as a special assistant to Robert Gates from 2009 until 2011. In July 2012 he became Chief Operating Officer of Klout, which he left to join Uber as Vice President of Business in September 2013. He was named by the magazine Fast Company as 46th on its list of the "100 of the most creative business people" in 2014. In June 2017, Emil left his position at Uber after 4 years at the company.
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Ze'ev Drori Ze'ev Drori (Hebrew: זאב דרורי‎ ‎ ; born in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli-born American technology entrepreneur currently residing in California. Mr. Drori was the founder and Chief Executive of Monolithic Memories, before the company merged with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). An avid car enthusiast, he is most well known recently for having helped engineer the turnaround of struggling electric carmaker Tesla Motors as President and CEO from 2007 to 2008.
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Dan Pickett Daniel T. Pickett III (born July 27, 1968) is an American technology entrepreneur, private equity investor and philanthropist. He is the chairman, chief executive and co-founder of nfrastructure, a privately held networking and IT services firm. He is also President of Hudson River Capital Holdings, a private investment company in New York.
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John Lilly (computer scientist) John Lilly (born 1971) is an American-born venture capitalist and currently serves on the board of directors of the Open Source Applications Foundation and Code for America. He earned a B.S. and M.S. in computer science from Stanford University and is the (co)-inventor on seven US patents.
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Jon V. Ferrara Jon V. Ferrara (born January 22, 1960) is an American entrepreneur and the founder of Nimble LLC, his most recent venture. Ferrara is best known as the co-founder of GoldMine Software Corp, one of the early pioneers in the Sales Force Automation (SFA) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software categories for Small to Medium sized Businesses (SMBs).
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Mike Cassidy (entrepreneur) Mike Cassidy is an American entrepreneur, and was CEO and co-founder of four previous Internet start-ups including Stylus Innovation, Direct Hit, Xfire, and Ruba.com. In January 2012, he became director of product management at Google and led Project Loon with Google[x]. In April 2017 it was reported he is working on a clean energy startup, Apollo Fusion, using a hybrid reactor technology based on fusion power.
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James Cuno James Bash Cuno (born April 4, 1951 in St Louis) is an American art historian and curator, who currently serves as President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust since 2011.
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Brian Chesky Brian Joseph Chesky (born August 29, 1981) is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded the hospitality exchange service Airbnb. Chesky is the CEO of the company and was named one of "Time's" "100 Most Influential People of 2015".
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Sohaib Abbasi Sohaib Abbasi (born August 14, 1956) is a Pakistani-American business executive, computer scientist and philanthropist. He is the former chairman and chief executive of Informatica having served in the roles from 2004 until 2015. During his tenure as CEO, Abbasi helped to grow the company's revenue from $219 million to over $1 billion, and to increase the value of stock by over 800 percent.
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Steven A. Klein Steven Klein (born April 20, 1959) is the CEO of Burlen Co.. He has worked for the company, where his father, Burton Klein, was the previous CEO, for more than 25 years.
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Danny Zappin Danny Zappin (born 1975) is an American businessman. He is the co-founder of Maker Studios, and the founder, president and CEO of Zealot Networks.
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Carly Fiorina Cara Carleton Fiorina (née Sneed; born September 6, 1954) is an American businessperson and political candidate, known primarily for her tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HP). She subsequently served as Chair of the philanthropic organization Good360.
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Christy Ferer Christy Ferer is a New York City public servant, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is the Founder and Chairman of Vidicom . , one of the first branded content media companies with a well-known consumer brand, Citybuzz. She served Michael Bloomberg as his liaison to the families of 9/11. Christy is also a founding board member of the World Trade Center Performing Arts Center.
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Frank Bisignano Frank Bisignano (born August 9, 1959) is an American business executive currently serving as Chairman and CEO of First Data. Based in New York City, Bisignano started his career as VP of both Shearson Lehman Brothers and First Fidelity Bank. Starting in 1994 he held a number of executive positions at Citigroup, with "American Banker" writing that "he got his payments industry bona fides at Citi by running its massive global transaction services unit." In 2004 the publication "Treasury and Risk" named him one of the "100 most influential people in finance."
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Andrew Mason Andrew D. Mason (born 1980) is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of Groupon, a Chicago-based website offering users discounts on local businesses and scolarships.
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John Eugene Zuccotti John Eugene Zuccotti ] (June 23, 1937 – November 19, 2015) was an Italian-American businessman active in real estate and development in New York City. He is best known as the namesake of Zuccotti Park.
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Robert LoCascio Robert LoCascio (born May 15, 1968) is an American businessman. He is the Founder and CEO of LivePerson which offers integrated messaging, voice, targeted content, and video. He is a Founding Member of the NYC Entrepreneurs Council of the Partnership for New York City and a mentor of the NYC Venture Fellows, a joint initiative formed by the 92Y and the NYCEDC which is designed to help the next generation of global entrepreneurs succeed in New York City. Passionate about community and helping others, Robert founded FeedingNYC, a volunteer-based non-profit hunger-relief project. Robert also maintains a column in Huffington Post that features contributions to the greater community, and a column in Inc Magazine that covers best practices for innovative business leaders.
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Syed Ahmed (businessman) Syed Ahmed (Bengali: সৈয়দ আহমেদ ; born 17 September 1974) is a Bangladeshi-born British entrepreneur, businessman and television personality. He is the founder and CEO of the British design and manufacturing hand dryer company SAVortex. He is best known for being a contestant in the 2006 series of "The Apprentice", where he was fired in Week 10.
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Jesse Itzler Jesse Eric Itzler (born August 22, 1968) is an entrepreneur, author, and former rapper. He is the co-founder of Marquis Jet, one of the largest private jet card companies in the world, a partner in Zico Coconut Water, the founder of The 100 Mile Group and an owner of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.
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Joe Lacob Joseph Steven Lacob (born January 10, 1956) is an American business executive who is currently a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and the majority owner of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).