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David Blitzer

Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment

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David S. Blitzer is the Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE), which includes the New Jersey Devils, the Prudential Center, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Penn Medicine 76ers Training, Wollman Rink in New York City, an investment 5-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joe Gibbs Racing, the Delaware Blue Coats, the Utica Comets, the Dignitas e-sports franchise, White Eagle Hall in Jersey City, NJ,the Sixers Innovation Lab and HBSEv, a venture fund. 

David is also an owner of the Washington Commanders, the Cleveland Guardians, Real Salt, Crystal Palace of the Premier League and FC Augsburg of the Bundesliga, amongst other soccer properties. He became the first person to hold team equity in the five major sports leagues of North America: the NBA, NHL, NFL, MLS, and MLB.

David is also the Global Head of Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities group and a member of the firm’s Management and Operating Committees. He joined the firm in 1991.

David and his wife Allison have 5 children and reside in New York. Through the Devils Youth Foundation and the Sixers Youth Foundation, they invest in organizations that positively impact community and youth development. 

David graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the Boards of Dream, the Riverdale Country School, the Advisory Board of the Mount Sinai Surgical Department, the Board of Overseers at the Wharton School, the Board of Trustees at University of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Foundation.

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