What do the New York Yankees, Radio City Music Hall, David Beckham, the Dallas Cowboys, Madison Square Garden and some of sports’ biggest turnarounds have in common? The answer is Dave Checketts.
Mr. Checketts will be speaking on Responsible Leadership at Saïd Business School on Thursday, November 21st, from 17:30-18:30 in the Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre. This is an exclusive opportunity to hear from a globally successful business leader at the top of the sports and entertainment world.
Following Mr. Checketts’ remarks on responsible leadership there will be an open Q&A session. You may submit questions using this form: http://bit.ly/1dIsbto
Biography
Mr. Checketts, MBA, is Chairman, CEO and co-owner of Legends with the Steinbrenner family and Jerry Jones, the owners of the New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys respectively.
After receiving his MBA, Dave was offered the opportunity to be the youngest general manager in US professional basketball (NBA) history and continues to hold that record. He advanced to run the largest sports franchise in North America when he became CEO over the entire sports, entertainment and broadcasting franchise for Madison Square Garden (MSG) in New York City, including Radio City Music Hall. There are few athletes or entertainers in the world that Mr. Checketts has not interacted with personally.
A former Bain consultant, and global expert on strategy and turnarounds, he recently purchased the St. Louis Blues professional NHL hockey team and within three years brought them from the bottom of a 30 team league to the top three teams in the league.
When the New York Knicks NBA basketball team struggled to sell their premier VIP courtside seats Mr. Checketts took over as CEO, and took a contrarian approach to selling the tickets and within months he had thousands of buyers on a waiting list desiring to purchase tickets. Find out the secrets in how he accomplished this. During his time as CEO of MSG, the team set records in attendance, ratings and revenues, including setting the all-time sellout streak of 450 games.
Learn how Mr. Checketts secured the exclusive Broadway rights to the universally loved Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”. This is an opportunity to interact and be on the inside of how Dave negotiated and moved powerful organizations forward and how his MBA has contributed to his continued success.
Mr. Checketts serves on numerous other Boards and Advisory Boards including: CSTV Networks, Inc.; JetBlue Airways; Direct Satellite, Inc.; IMG Worldwide, Inc.; Republic Home Mortgage; TowerBrook Capital Partners, L.P.; Peterson Partners LP; Mangia Technologies, Inc.; International Management Group; and St. Louis Blues.