Age, Biography and Wiki
Erika Ayers Badan was born on 6 November, 1975, is an American businessperson. Discover Erika Ayers Badan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?
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Sports executive, public speaker and podcast host |
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48 years old |
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Scorpio |
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6 November, 1975 |
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6 November |
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She is a member of famous Businessperson with the age 48 years old group.
Erika Ayers Badan Height, Weight & Measurements
At 48 years old, Erika Ayers Badan height not available right now. We will update Erika Ayers Badan's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Erika Ayers Badan Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Erika Ayers Badan worth at the age of 48 years old? Erika Ayers Badan’s income source is mostly from being a successful Businessperson. She is from . We have estimated Erika Ayers Badan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
That same year, Forbes ranked her 25th on its "Most Powerful Women In U.S. Sports".
Erika Ayers Badan (formerly Nardini; born November 6, 1975) is an American businesswoman and former CEO of the digital media company Barstool Sports.
Ayers spent much of her childhood in New Hampshire and Vermont.
She received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Colby College in Maine.
Ayers began her career working at the legal department of Fidelity Investments, before switching to marketing.
She was the senior vice president of sales and marketing at Demand Media.
Prior to that, she held executive marketing positions at Yahoo! and Microsoft.
From January 2013 to December 2014, she was the chief marketing officer of AOL.
Ayers was then the president and chief revenue officer of New York-based start up Bkstg.
In July 2016, Ayers was named the CEO of Barstool Sports.
Ayers oversaw the company's expansion into multimedia, merchandising, streaming and pay-per-view programming.
In an interview with Digiday, Ayers discussed Barstool Sports' growth during her tenure, from a valuation of $15 million in 2016 to $450 million in 2020.
In September 2021, Ayers stated that the company's revenue was expected to exceed $200 million in revenue, doubling the company's $100 million revenue in 2020.
In 2022, under Erika’s leadership, Barstool Sports progressed more into live sports and streaming by hosting and broadcasting its first College Basketball Invitational and the first Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl.
In 2022, Barstool Sports also launched its NIL marketplace platform, TwoYay, which connects college athletes directly to advertisers.
In March 2022, Erika joined the board of directors for the Premier Lacrosse League.
Ayers has been named Forbes' Most Powerful Women in Sports, recipient of Crain’s Notable Women in Sports, AdWeek’s Most Powerful Women in Sports, Cynopsis’ Top Women in Media, a top player in the U.S. Betting Space and Podcasting by Business Insider, and one of Variety’s Most Impactful Women in Entertainment of 2023.
In the September 2023 issue of Vanity Fair, Ayers was featured in a lengthy article about driving the success of Barstool Sports.
After more than 7 years at Barstool, Badan resigned as CEO on January 16, 2024.
On January 15, 2024, The New York Post reported that Ayers will be departing Barstool Sports.
The next day, she announced in a video on X that she was stepping down as CEO of Barstool Sports.
Ayers hosts Token CEO, a podcast about business and sports news.
She was an early supporter of the Premier Hockey Federation (then National Women's Hockey League), and interviewed NWHL players Kelly Babstock and Rebecca Russo on her podcast.
In 2023, Ayers began hosting a daily 1:1 social media series where she answers fan-submitted work-related questions and gives career advice.
She is a frequent public speaker, and has given talks at the Milken Institute, CAA World Congress, the MIT Sloan Sports Conference, the SALT Conference, G2E Las Vegas, and the Barrett Sports Media's annual summit.
On June 11, 2024, Erika Ayers Badan's Nobody Cares About Your Career: Why Failure Is Good, the Great Ones Play Hurt, and Other Hard Truths will be published by St. Martin's Press.
The company's expansion into pay-per-view included the acquisition of amateur boxing league Rough N' Rowdy in 2017.
The valuation of Barstool Sports doubled from $15 million to $30 million during her first year as CEO.
Adweek named Ayers as one of its "Most Powerful Women in Sports" in 2017 and 2020.
It grew to $100 million in 2018.
In 2018, Fast Company named Ayers as one of its "Most Creative People in Business", citing Barstool Sports' expansion into multimedia and merchandising during her tenure.
In 2019, she was ranked as #19 on The Big Lead's list of "The 75 Most Powerful People in the Sports Media Business."
That year, she was included on Crain's New York's "Notable Women in the Business of Sports".
In 2020, Ayers was elected to the WWE's board of directors and resigned from that position in September 2022.
Erika was also on the board of directors at Torchy's Tacos.
