Dan Beckerman
CEO and President of AEG
Preceded byTim Leiweke
Personal details
NationalityAmerican

Dan Beckerman is the president and CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group.[1]

Biography

Formation

Beckerman has a master's degree in business administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from UCLA. A senior accountant at Arthur Anderson in Los Angeles, he specialized in corporate taxation.[2]

Career

Beckerman replaced Tim Leiweke as President and CEO of AEG executive[3] The change in leadership was attributed by some analysts as a reaction to the failure AEG experienced in attracting serious bidders during the sale process and its inability securing an NFL occupant for the Farmers Field, a proposed stadium next to L.A. Live.[4]

The vice president of finance for the Los Angeles Clippers for two seasons, Beckerman became the leading global sports and live-entertainment conglomerate associated with 150 venues for 100 million guests. Responsible for financial oversight, long-range planning and debt financing for the company's real estate projects, representing global investments of more than $5 billion, he served first for 16 years as chief operating officer and chief financial officer for AEG.[5][6] Beckerman serves on the Board of Governors for both the MLS and NHL and the board of directors for The Grammy Museum and UCLA's Anderson School of Management.[7]

Family

He lives in Los Angeles and has a wife, Annette, and two daughters, Olivia and Julia.[8]

References

  1. "Dan Beckerman: He Shoots and He Scores | CSQ Magazine". August 7, 2015.
  2. "Meet new AEG chief executive Dan Beckerman, longtime finance man". Los Angeles Times. March 14, 2013.
  3. Lopez, Ricardo (March 14, 2013). "Meet new AEG chief executive Dan Beckerman, longtime finance man". Los Angeles Times.
  4. Svaldi, Aldo (March 15, 2013). "Anschutz ends AEG sale as offers fall short". Denver Post.
  5. "Dan Beckerman". July 30, 2018.
  6. "Q&A with AEG President Dan Beckerman". Los Angeles Times. January 27, 2017.
  7. "| Milken Institute".
  8. "Dan Beckerman, CEO of AEG is Fired up. It's Go Time for Live Entertainment". Forbes.
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