Game Changers: The Sports Investment Revolution
Thursday, April 3, 2025
6:30 PM
placeUJA-Federation of New York, 130 East 59th Street, New York, NY, 10022

Join our private equity and sports communities for an inside look at the increasingly visible convergence of private equity, investment banking, and professional sports.
 
Hear from a panel of experts about how capital is reshaping the future of sports at an unprecedented level, from franchise valuations and media rights to emerging investment opportunities. Also, you’ll discover UJA’s powerful and life-changing work meeting the charged moment before us.

Also discover UJA’s powerful and life-changing work meeting the charged moment before us.

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Panelists

Christine Dorfler

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, NFL

As executive vice president and chief financial officer of the National Football League, Christine reports directly to Commissioner Goodell and leads the NFL’s finance and league strategy functions. Christine works with the NFL’s senior leadership team, along with its 32 clubs and dozens of business partners, to continue positioning the league for long-term growth. A 21-year veteran of NBCUniversal (NBCU) prior to joining the NFL, she was most recently the CFO of NBC Sports. There, she oversaw all NFL media partnerships as well as contracts with the International Olympic Committee, NASCAR, English Premier League, PGA TOUR, college football, and college basketball. 

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Stephen Finkel

Managing Director and Global Head of Sports, Lazard

Stephen was previously a senior managing director at Guggenheim Securities, where he led the sports advisory practice. Before joining Guggenheim in 2017, Stephen was a managing director focused on sports and media at Rothschild & Co. Previously, he was a corporate attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell. 

Stephen currently serves as an adjunct associate professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Jordan L. Solomon

Partner, Arctos Partners

Jordan L. Solomon is a co-founder and partner at Arctos Partners. In addition to his investment responsibilities, he leads value creation, sourcing, executing, and managing investments for the sports strategy.

Prior to co-founding Arctos Partners, Jordan served as executive vice president of MSG Sports at the Madison Square Garden Company, where he was responsible for MSG’s $700 million annual sports business operations, including the New York Knicks and New York Rangers. He led commercial strategy for the teams, including sponsorships, ticketing, marketing, merchandizing, venue operations, and analytics. He also interfaced with league executives of the NBA, NHL, and NBA G-League...

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Moderator

David Wasserman

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Recognize; Chair, UJA General Campaign; Co-Chair, UJA Private Equity Division

David is a co-founder and managing partner of Recognize.  He has spent nearly 30 years as a private equity investor, including over 20 years at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, where he served on the firm’s investment and management committees and led the firm’s technology and services vertical. Prior to joining CD&R, David worked at Goldman Sachs in the principal investment area, and as a strategy consultant for Monitor Company.  He started his professional career at an international high school as an economics and U.S. history teacher.

David serves on several nonprofit boards, including Focus for a Future, the Atlanta Hawks Foundation. and UJA-Federation of...

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Leadership

UJA Next Gen Private Equity

Chairs
Matthew Doherty • Saul Kopelowitz • Rachael A. Wagner

Vice Chair
David Sukenik

Chairs
Matthew Doherty • Saul Kopelowitz • Rachael A. Wagner

Vice Chair
David Sukenik

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Zeke Wolin

212.836.1836