Wikipedia's first sentence called it “founder and ceo of kynetic”. Today it says “american businessman and socialite”.
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Michael Gary Rubin ( / ˈ r uː b ɪ n / ROO -bin ; born July 21, 1972) is an American businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Fanatics , 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. He previously founded GSI Commerce in 1998, selling it to eBay in 2011 for US$2.4 billion. Rubin was a partner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team from 2011 and the New Jersey Devils hockey team from 2013 before selling his stakes in Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment , the holding company of both, in June 2022 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 2019, together with Jay-Z , Meek Mill , Robert Kraft , and Daniel S.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Rubin (born 1972) is the founder and CEO of Kynetic, an e-commerce services company. The company was recently valued at $1 billion .
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Rubin (born 1972) is an American businessman.He is the chief executive officer of Kynetic, a direct-to-consumer e-commerce company he founded in 2011.He is also executive chairman at each of Kynetic's three businesses: Fanatics , the world's leading online seller of licensed sports merchandise; Rue La La, a flash sales site; and ShopRunner, a members-only service for online shoppers.He previously founded GSI Commerce in 1998, selling it to eBay in 2011 for $2.4 billion.Rubin also is a co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team and the New Jersey Devils hockey team.Rubin has been included in the Forbes 400 : The Richest People in America and the Forbes: The World's Billionaires list.His personal wealth, as of January 2019, was valued at $2.9 Billion.
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Rubin (born July 21, 1972) is an American businessman. He previously founded GSI Commerce in 1998, selling it to eBay in 2011 for $2.4 billion. Rubin was a partner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team from 2011 and the New Jersey Devils hockey team from 2013 before selling his stakes in Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment , the holding company of both, in June 2022 to focus on the expansion of Fanatics.He is also the co-chair of the REFORM Alliance , a criminal justice reform organization that he launched in January 2019, together with Jay-Z , Meek Mill , Robert Kraft , and Daniel S.Rubin has been included in the Forbes 400 : The Richest People in America , the Forbes: The World's Billionaires list, and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index .His wealth, as of November 2022, was valued at $10.2 billion.
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founder and ceo of kynetic
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american businessman and socialite
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