Warren Livingstone

Warren Livingstone
Born Warren Livingstone
1973 (age 41–42)
Sydney, Australia
Nationality Australian
Known for Founder of Fanatics sports tours
Board member of
 Fanatics
Balmain Rugby Club
Sydney Stars

Warren Livingstone (born 1973 in Sydney) is an Australian businessman. He is the founder and managing director of the sports-tourism group Fanatics, and the president of Balmain Rugby Club.

Livingstone started out a copy boy for Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper, but founded the Fanatics in 1997 to cater for sports fans that follow Australian teams and athletes around the world.[1] As of 2014, the Fanatics has over 50,000 members and has organised travel for more than 45,000 fans to sporting events including cricket, football, rugby league and rugby union matches, and also major tennis tournaments.[2]

In 2004 he re-established the Balmain Rugby Club (first formed in 1873 but folded in 1919) and bankrolled the club with a roster of hiigh-profile players including Wallabies Drew Mitchell, Matt Giteau, Ryan Cross, Matt Dunning and French star Sebastian Chabal.[3] Livingstone formed a joint venture between Balmain and the Sydney University club in 2014 to enter the Sydney Stars team in Australia's inaugural National Rugby Championship.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Rothfield, Phil (15 June 2014). "What’s the Buzz: Brazil the latest stop for an Aussie sport juggernaut". The Daily Telegraph. News. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "About". Fanatics. 2014. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Payten, Iain (30 September 2013). "Balmain positioning themselves for opportunity at proposed third tier of Australian rugby". The Daily Telegraph. News. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Payten, Iain (13 February 2014). "Balmain and Sydney University align for NRC bid and hope to sign Benji Marshall". The Daily Telegraph. News. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "NRC update part 2: NSW Country and the Sydney teams". The Roar. 9 July 2014. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.