Nick Bell (businessman)

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Nick Bell
Born (1983-12-17) 17 December 1983 (age 39)
NationalityEnglish
OccupationBusinessman
Employer(s) Fanatics, Inc.
Google (former)
Snap Inc. (former)
News Corp (former)
TitleCEO - Fanatics Live
SpouseSara Bell
Website www.nickbell.com

Nick Bell (born 17 December 1983) is the CEO of Fanatics Live, [1] a business division of Fanatics, Inc. that is focused on live content-based commerce. Nick is responsible for transforming the digital customer shopping experience, building commerce capabilities focused on content and personalities, and further expanding Fanatics’ portfolio of innovative technology products. [2]

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Prior to Fanatics, Bell led the product teams responsible for the Google Search experience. [3] Before Google, he served as VP, Global Head of Content and Partnerships for Snap Inc.and SVP of Digital for News Corp. [4]

Early life and education

Bell was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, England and attended the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle. [5] [6] His father is a farmer and his mother a schoolteacher.[ citation needed ]

Career

In August 2019 Bell was part of the founding team of Attention Capital, a media and technology holding company. Prior to Attention Capital Bell spent 5 years at Snapchat joining from News Corp in early 2014 and was described as one of Spiegel's closest lieutenants. Bell was in charge of leading the company's content strategy, including the introduction of the Live Stories and Discover features to the Snapchat app. [7]

In November 2018, Bell announced in a company-wide email that he was leaving Snap. [7] In March 2019, he joined business incubator startup Human Ventures as a co-managing director of its "attention economy" portfolio. [8]

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