The SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL (sister publication of THE
DAILY) released its inaugural "Forty Under 40" list, and
Bill King writes that "many of the executives who are
driving a relatively immature industry are younger than
those in parallel positions in other fields." King: "Sports
has no shortage of under-40 executives who are making an
impact. In fact, nearly 300 were nominated. What follows
is a sampling of 40 of them who have caught our eye this
year." King writes that "emphasis" was placed on
"achievement," along with many other attributes. King: "In
the end, we came up with a list that we hope represents the
best that the industry has to offer, taken from a cross-
section of sports and an array of disciplines within those
sports." SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL's "Forty Under 40" list in
alphabetical order (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 10/11 issue):
NAME ORGANIZATION POSITION
RICK ADAMS ECHL President
BILL ALLARD SFX Sports COO
MARK BARTELSTEIN Bartelstein & Associates President
PATRICK BATTLE CLC President/COO
SETH BERGER AND 1 Founder/President
AUGUST BUSCH IV Anheuser-Busch VP/Marketing
BRIAN CASHMAN Yankees GM
DOCKERY CLARK Bank of America Senior VP/Olympics
Sports/Events Mtkg
DAVID COPE Redskins Exec VP
LEE ANN DALY ESPN Senior VP/Mktg
MARK DOWLEY Momentum Worldwide CEO
KATHY FRANCIS MLB VP/Marketing
TONY GEORGE IRL Founder & CEO
TOM GLICK Lansing Lugnuts GM
SHAWN HUNTER Coyotes President
MICHAEL HUYGHUE Jaguars Senior VP
GARY JACOBUS IMG Senior VP
BRIAN JENNINGS NHL Enterprises VP/Consumer
Products Marketing
BILL JOHNSON Ellerbe Becket Design Principal
MICHAEL JORDAN Athlete --
LESA KENNEDY ISC Exec VP
JOE LECCESE Proskauer Rose LLP Attorney
JON LITNER ABC Sports Senior VP/
Programming
KEVIN MCCLATCHY Pirates Owner
DAN MEIS NBBJ Sports & Ent. Design Principal
MARLA MESSING Women's World Cup President & CEO
PERCY MILLER No Limit Founder
SUSAN O'MALLEY Washington Sports & Ent. President
JEFF PRICE MasterCard Int'l VP/U.S.
Sponsorship/Events
CURTIS POLK SFX/FAME Exec VP/COO
JEFFREY POLLACK NBA VP/Marketing &
Corporate Comm.
GEORGE PYNE NASCAR VP/Marketing
BOB REIF Dolphins/Pro Player VP/Sales & Mktg
GEOFF REISS ESPN Internet Ventures Senior VP/Program.
& Production
WENDY SELIG-PRIEB Brewers CEO
JEFF SHELL Fox Sports Net President
DANIEL SNYDER Redskins Owner
ANDREW STURNER SportsLine.com President/Corp. &
Business Develop.
ROB TILLISS Chase Manhattan VP/Sports Finance
STACY WALL Wieden & Kennedy Creative Dir
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