Full Name
Ray Katz
Job Title
Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder
Company
Collegiate Sports Managment Group
Speaker Bio
Ray Katz is a sports business, media, & marketing luminary with over 35 years of experience
He has evaluated, measured, negotiated, bought, and sold over a billion dollars of sponsorship and media contracts for multiple blue-chip brands and property clients across a broad spectrum of amateur, collegiate, and professional sports
Past leadership roles have been at leagues (NFL), networks (The Football Network), teams (Madison Square Garden/NY Knicks/NY Rangers), brands (American Express) and agencies (Young and Rubicam, OMD, Source Communications), as well as The Walt Disney Company.
Expertise on the business of sports media has earned Katz frequent quotes and appearances on air and online across multiple media outlets, including Bloomberg, CNBC, ESPN and others
In addition to his media and sponsorship credentials and accomplishments, he has had senior roles across all sports revenue streams, in ticketing, as well as consumer products, licensing, and concessions, with a heavy focus on college athletics
The above experience and relationships have contributed to the success of Collegiate Sports Management Group which has become a leader in traditional sports and the rapidly growing college esports ecosystem
CSMG has generated groundbreaking media rights deals for a breadth of collegiate school and conference clients, with regards to both media mix strategy and record-breaking rights fees
In addition to his CSMG leadership role, Katz has been a distinguished professor for Sports Business Master’s programs over the past 35 years inclusive of Columbia University, NYU, City University of New York, and Manhattanville University
He has been teaching Sports Media, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Sponsorship and more.
He also serves as a Board of Advisor for the Marketing Accountability Standards Boards, and the New York based Business of Sports School.
Katz earned his Master of Business Administration with distinction from The Wharton School of Business after receiving his undergraduate degree with Summa Cum Laude honors (Valedictorian/ 4.0 GPA) from the University of Pennsylvania
He has evaluated, measured, negotiated, bought, and sold over a billion dollars of sponsorship and media contracts for multiple blue-chip brands and property clients across a broad spectrum of amateur, collegiate, and professional sports
Past leadership roles have been at leagues (NFL), networks (The Football Network), teams (Madison Square Garden/NY Knicks/NY Rangers), brands (American Express) and agencies (Young and Rubicam, OMD, Source Communications), as well as The Walt Disney Company.
Expertise on the business of sports media has earned Katz frequent quotes and appearances on air and online across multiple media outlets, including Bloomberg, CNBC, ESPN and others
In addition to his media and sponsorship credentials and accomplishments, he has had senior roles across all sports revenue streams, in ticketing, as well as consumer products, licensing, and concessions, with a heavy focus on college athletics
The above experience and relationships have contributed to the success of Collegiate Sports Management Group which has become a leader in traditional sports and the rapidly growing college esports ecosystem
CSMG has generated groundbreaking media rights deals for a breadth of collegiate school and conference clients, with regards to both media mix strategy and record-breaking rights fees
In addition to his CSMG leadership role, Katz has been a distinguished professor for Sports Business Master’s programs over the past 35 years inclusive of Columbia University, NYU, City University of New York, and Manhattanville University
He has been teaching Sports Media, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Sponsorship and more.
He also serves as a Board of Advisor for the Marketing Accountability Standards Boards, and the New York based Business of Sports School.
Katz earned his Master of Business Administration with distinction from The Wharton School of Business after receiving his undergraduate degree with Summa Cum Laude honors (Valedictorian/ 4.0 GPA) from the University of Pennsylvania
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