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SBJ: No. 1 Influencer: Change agent. Disrupter. Visionary.
All eyes are on what Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin will do next. To anoint someone as supremely influential, especially the top rung in that rarified group, definitional clarity is a prerequisite. Webster’s says influence is “the power to change.”
NEW YORK TIMES: Michael Rubin’s Big Shot
Life isn’t all helicopters and parties for the king of sports merch — he’s got plans. Last month, after a three-day stretch in New York, Michael Rubin, was anxious to get back to Philadelphia to attend the home opener of the 76ers, the N.B.A. team of which he is an owner.
SPORTS INSIDER: The dynamic career and life of Michael Rubin — billionaire team partner, friend of high-profile rappers, and criminal-justice reform advocate
In December 2019, I shadowed Fanatics chairman and Philadelphia 76ers partner Michael Rubin as he hosted a holiday giveaway for 50 families who were affected by the unjust imprisonment of a parent.
THE ATHLETIC: Brotherly Love: How a Sixers co-partner is getting stars of all kinds to pitch in
Michael Rubin has never been one to sit around the house idly, and especially not one to watch live television. But these shelter-at-home days have forced many into uncomfortable and unusual positions as people collectively attempt to diminish the spread of COVID-19. Rubin’s days had been filled with hours of unsettling CNN consumption until he plotted ways to combat the bad news scrolling on those chryons at the bottom of his big screen.
