Leaders Worth Knowing Podcast

Leaders Worth Knowing Podcast


Where Fanatics finds its next billion; why the AO is sport’s fan-friendliest event

January 15, 2026

Fanatics chief Michael Rubin thinks a new credit card could generate his company’s next billion dollar revenue stream, but could content and his new Fanatics Studios venture also be a contender?


James Emmett and David Cushnan delve into the new projects, and reflect on David’s conversation with Chris Bryant, MD of Euro 2028.


They also examine the raft of innovative, fan-friendly ideas the organisers of the Australian Open are serving up, and the way the Grand Slams are taking up more space in the tennis calendar.


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