Boardroom (company)

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Boardroom
Founded2019;5 years ago (2019)
Founders
Headquarters
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Number of employees
25 (2022 [1] )
Website boardroom.tv

Boardroom is an American media network for sports, entertainment and culture. It was founded in 2019 by basketball player Kevin Durant and entrepreneur Rich Kleiman.

History

On September 24, 2018, ESPN and Durant announced plans for The Boardroom, a six-episode series hosted by Rich Kleiman and Jay Williams. [2] The show premiered on February 11, 2019, with guests including LeBron James, P. J. Tucker, Maverick Carter, Andre Iguodala, Jack Dorsey, CJ McCollum, and Breanna Stewart. [3]

By 2019, Boardroom became a standalone media network and expanded in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic, which Kleiman told Forbes was a "pivotal moment" for the company. [4] A second season of "The Boardroom" premiered on ESPN+ on February 12, 2020. [5] Later that year, Boardroom announced the launch of two podcasts, "Out of Office with Rich Kleiman" and "The ETCs with Kevin Durant". [6]

As of June 2022, The Athletic reported that Boardroom was a 25-person company with digital news media, podcasts, video and social content. [1] The network has partnerships with brands such as Weedmaps, Coinbase and FanDuel. [7] [8] [9] In partnership with Showtime, Boardroom produced a documentary, NYC Point Gods , that premiered on July 29, 2022. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mike Vorkunov (6 June 2022). "Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman's Boardroom is a 25-person company. What's next?". The Athletic.
  2. ↑ Kevin Ota (24 September 2018). "ESPN and Kevin Durant's Thirty Five Media to Present The Boardroom on ESPN+". ESPN.
  3. ↑ Paul Melvin (11 February 2019). "ESPN+ Exclusive: Kevin Durant's Thirty Five Ventures and ESPN Present The Boardroom". ESPN.
  4. ↑ Steven Bertoni (27 March 2020). "Kevin Durant's Business Partner Rich Kleiman On How Star Athletes Are Handling The Coronavirus Crisis". Forbes.
  5. ↑ "ESPN+ Exclusive: The Boardroom Returns for Season 2, Five New Episodes and Two Live Shows at MIT and SXSW". Disney. 11 February 2020.
  6. ↑ Samson Amore (6 August 2020). "Kevin Durant Launches The Boardroom Podcast Network With Thirty Five Ventures". The Wrap.
  7. ↑ Javier Hasse (19 August 2021). "Kevin Durant, Rich Kleiman On Cannabis, Partnership With Weedmaps: 'The Band-Aid's Been Ripped Off'". Forbes.
  8. ↑ Rafael Canton (15 December 2021). "Kevin Durant's Thirty Five Ventures and Boardroom Announces Strategic Partnership With Coinbase". Adweek.
  9. ↑ Michael Lore (16 February 2022). "FanDuel Partners With Kevin Durant And Rich Kleiman's Boardroom". Forbes.
  10. ↑ Omari White (29 July 2022). "'NYC Point Gods' documentary honors some of the city's most iconic hoopers". Andscape.
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