Eric Baker (businessman)
Eric Baker | |
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Born |
Eric H. Baker May 1973 (age 44) Los Angeles, California, US |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Harvard College Stanford Business School |
Occupation | CEO, Viagogo |
Known for | founder of Viagogo, and co-founder of StubHub |
Eric H. Baker (born May 1973) is an American businessman, the founder and CEO of Viagogo, and co-founder of StubHub.
Early life
Eric Baker was born in May 1973.[1] He was born and grew up in Los Angeles, "to a wealthy business dynasty".[2][3] Baker graduated from Harvard College in 1995, and received an MBA from Stanford Business School in 2001.[4]
Career
Baker worked for McKinsey & Company for two years, and then Bain Capital, a private equity firm in Boston.[4][3]
Baker co-founded StubHub in 2000, with fellow Stanford classmate Jeff Fluhr, initially as part of a Stanford competition from which they withdrew after being chosen as finalists due to concerns that someone might take their idea.[3][2] He was its president.[5] StubHub was sold to eBay in 2007 for $310 million.[3]
In 2006, Baker founded Viagogo, and has been its CEO since then.[5] He owns Viagogo through a company called Pugnacious Endeavors, which is based in Delaware, "the US state that is synonymous with financial secrecy".[2]
References
- ↑ "CONSOLIDATED INFORMATION SERVICES LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Viagogo: who runs it and who owns it? | Money". The Guardian. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 "Eric Baker: Respectable face of ticket touting". Telegraph. January 12, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- 1 2 "Eric Baker – Founder and CEO, Viagogo.com – MusicTank". Musictank.co.uk. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- 1 2 "Eric H. Baker: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved March 21, 2017.