Angela Ruggiero
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Sports Innovation Lab
With an MBA from Harvard and a master’s in education from Minnesota, the four-time Olympic medalist in ice hockey launched a market research firm in 2016 whose capabilities and influence go well beyond its database of technology companies servicing sports and fitness industries. To provide a deeper understanding of women’s sports fans, Ruggiero last year published “The Fan Project,” a months-long collaboration with stakeholders from every sector within women’s sports to collect more than 10 million social data points that stretched back to 2007. She also was among the investors who in February helped the WNBA raise $75 million in a groundbreaking capital investment round. She was a member of the International Olympic Committee from 2010-18, served as the chief strategy officer to help her hometown of Los Angeles land the 2028 Olympics and is a former president and board member of the Women’s Sports Foundation.
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