Timeline Michael Rubin

Entrepreneur who started selling ski gear as a teenager and built Fanatics into the giant of sports merchandise. Fanatics also bought Topps and launched Fanatics Fest.

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Michael Rubin 17

1972 Michael Rubin born in Philadelphia Michael Rubin is born in Philadelphia.
1986 Michael Rubin opens a ski shop at 14 Rubin opens Mike's Ski and Sport in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
1993 Michael Rubin's KPR Sports reaches $1 million After a semester at Villanova, Rubin builds a sporting-goods closeout business.
1998 Michael Rubin founds Global Sports Rubin's company, later GSI Commerce, runs online stores for retailers.
2011 Michael Rubin sells GSI to eBay Rubin sells the company for $2.4 billion and keeps Fanatics.
2011 Michael Rubin buys into the 76ers and Devils Rubin joins the Harris Blitzer ownership group.
2016 Michael Rubin buys Kitbag Fanatics expands into the UK.
2019 Michael Rubin co-founds the REFORM Alliance After Meek Mill's imprisonment, Rubin starts a criminal justice reform group with Jay-Z and others.
2020 Michael Rubin launches the All In Challenge Rubin raises money for food charities during the pandemic.
2022 Michael Rubin's Fanatics buys Topps Fanatics completes a $500 million purchase of the trading-card company.
2022 Michael Rubin sells his team stakes Rubin divests from the 76ers and Devils.
2022 Michael Rubin's Fanatics valued at $31 billion A funding round values the company at $31 billion.
2023 Michael Rubin on Shark Tank Rubin appears as a guest investor.
2023 Michael Rubin opens the first Fanatics sportsbook Fanatics enters sports betting with a sportsbook at the Washington Commanders' stadium.
2024 Michael Rubin holds the first Fanatics Fest The fan convention takes over the Javits Center in New York.
2025 Michael Rubin's Fanatics Fest draws 125,000 The second edition sets an attendance record.
2026 Michael Rubin launches Fanatics Studios Fanatics starts a content venture with OBB Media.