SportsBusiness Journal this week published its annual Forty Under 40 issue, celebrating some of the best young execs in the industry. Each of this year’s honorees was asked to complete a survey, with some of the results reflected on a statistics page. As part of the survey, they also offered hashtags for their lives and advice for students wanting to break into the industry. The pages of this week's SBJ feature a more detailed look at each exec and their individual stories. The selection process began in November with more than 500 nominations and recommendations, with the final trimmed down to 40 individuals after three months of deliberations. This marks SBJ's 17th year for Forty Under 40, and the issue includes a look back to the class of 10 years ago.
| '16 FORTY UNDER 40 CLASS |
| Fast Forward Sports Group Founder Ken Babby |
| Big Ten Network VP/Human Resources & Business Operations Kim Beauvais |
| Second Spectrum Co-Founder & COO Yu-Han Chang |
| Patent Seven Productions Writer Aaron Cohen |
| SeatGeek Co-Founder Russ D'Souza |
| Intersport Senior VP/Digital Strategy Shannon Dan |
| Devils and Prudential Center Chief Revenue Officer Adam Davis |
| Rams COO & Exec VP/Football Operations Kevin Demoff |
| Nickelodeon Senior VP/Sports Marketing & Development Anthony DiCosmo |
| Jets Senior VP/Business Affairs & General Counsel Hymie Elhai |
| E15 CEO Jaime Faulkner |
| GMR Marketing Senior VP/Global Sports & Entertainment Consulting Todd Fischer |
| Winston & Strawn Partner David Greenspan |
| 49ers President Al Guido |
| NFL Senior VP/Licensing & Consumer Products Christopher Halpin |
| Tampa Bay Sports Commission Exec Dir Rob Higgins |
| Fox Sports National Networks President Jamie Horowitz |
| America East Conference Commissioner Amy Huchthausen |
| SEC Associate Commissioner Charlie Hussey |
| Visa Head of Olympics Management Zaileen Janmohamed |
| Catapult President/North America Brian Kopp |
| Temple Univ. AD Patrick Kraft |
| StubHub Head of Partnerships & Business Development Geoff Lester |
| MLB Senior VP/League Economics & Strategy Chris Marinak |
| WME-IMG VP/Global Partnerships, Strategy & Activation Kevin McSherry |
| U.S. Bank Senior VP and Head of Sports & Entertainment Group Bill Mulvihill |
| The Raine Group VP Colin Neville |
| Red Sox Exec VP/Partnerships Troup Parkinson |
| Starwood Hotels & Resorts VP/Global Strategic & Marketing Partnerships Dana Rosenberg |
| DLA Piper Partner Richard Rubano |
| Wasserman Senior VP & Head of Experience/EMEA Paul Saville |
| ESPN Senior VP and Exec Producer/ESPN Films & Original Content Connor Schell |
| MLS Senior VP & GM/Digital Chris Schlosser |
| AEG Senior VP/Global Partnerships Russell Silvers |
| ESPN VP/League Sports Programming Julie Sobieski |
| Rep 1 Sports Partner Ryan Tollner |
| NBA VP & Assistant General Counsel David Weiss |
| ACC Senior Associate Commissioner & Chief Of External Affairs Amy Yakola |
| Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment Exec VP/Global Partnerships Mike Zavodsky |
| AMB Sports & Entertainment Senior VP & Chief Commercial Officer Tim Zulawski |
