• The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly

  • By: Bloomberg
  • Podcast

The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly

By: Bloomberg
  • Summary

  • When sports, business and culture collide, there’s often a deal to be made. Join Alex Rodriguez and Bloomberg correspondent Jason Kelly as they get the inside track from corporate titans, sports champions and game-changing entrepreneurs on investing, strategy, reinvention and the ones that got away. The Deal is a Bloomberg Podcasts and Bloomberg Originals series that’s passionate, relaxed, insightful and inspirational. If you think you know these icons, prepare to be surprised.

    Hosts:

    Alex Rodriguez is chairman and chief executive of A-Rod Corp, an investment firm that backs startups and partners with global companies across real estate, sports and entertainment. While best known as a fourteen-time All-Star and World Series champion with the New York Yankees, Rodriguez is now an owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx sports teams and an on-air analyst for Major League Baseball.

    Jason Kelly is the chief correspondent of Bloomberg Originals. During his two decades at Bloomberg, Kelly has served as executive editor of Bloomberg Television, hosted Bloomberg Businessweek on television and radio, and also hosted Power Players and Next in Sports series. He’s also the author of two books, The New Tycoons, about the global private equity industry, and Sweat Equity, an inside look at the business of fitness.

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Episodes
  • How Bruin Capital’s George Pyne Capitalizes on Sports
    Oct 31 2024

    In this episode of The Deal, Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly talk with Bruin Capital Founder and CEO George Pyne about how he reinvented institutions like NASCAR and IMG before pivoting to investing. Pyne explains what he looks for in a founder, why the risk-reward ratio is important in deal-making and the opportunities he sees for growth in college sports.

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    49 mins
  • Why Nasdaq’s Adena Friedman Says Sports Teams Should Go Public
    Oct 24 2024

    In this episode of The Deal, Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly talk with Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman about the value of letting fans own a part of their team by having teams enter the public market. Friedman tells the hosts about her competitive deal-making mindset, how she’s transformed Nasdaq and the current sports business landscape.

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    49 mins
  • How Jay Williams Reinvented His Brand After Basketball
    Oct 17 2024

    In this episode of The Deal, Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly talk with Jay Williams, the co-founder and CEO of Improbable Media, about how athletes can build their brands using media. Williams tells the hosts how he made a major career pivot after an accident ended his professional basketball dreams, the lessons he's learned from his personal board of advisors (which includes Duke's legendary Coach Mike Krzyzewski), and how athletes today are taking advantage of NIL deals.

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    48 mins

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