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Venu Sports Sets Senior Management Team, More Than 150 Execs, Engineers Working on Launch of Disney, WBD, Fox’s Streamer
Venu Sports, the sports-streaming joint venture of Disney, WBD and Fox, has rounded out the senior management team under CEO Pete Distad.
Key senior hires announed Tuesday include chief business officer Tim Connolly, CTO Skarpi Hedinsson and CMO Brian Borkowski. “Getting the chance to assemble the starting lineup for the management team responsible for building the Venu organization, creating the culture, setting the pace of innovation, and ultimately, fueling the growth behind our forthcoming service has been an incredible opportunity,” Distad said in a statement. “We searched for people with an entrepreneurial spirit who could bring diverse perspectives to Venu Sports with experience launching beloved consumer products and growing high-performing teams, and brought together a group of all-stars in their respective fields.”
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