Eric Baker (businessman)
| Eric Baker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Eric H. Baker May 1973 (age 44) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Harvard College Stanford Business School |
| Occupation | CEO, Viagogo |
| Known for | founder of Viagogo, and co-founder of StubHub |
Eric H. Baker (born May 1973) is an American businessman, the founder and CEO of Viagogo, and co-founder of StubHub.
Eric Baker was born in May 1973. He was born and grew up in Los Angeles, "to a wealthy business dynasty". Baker graduated from Harvard College in 1995, and received an MBA from Stanford Business School in 2001.
Baker worked for McKinsey & Company for two years, and then Bain Capital, a private equity firm in Boston.
Baker co-founded StubHub in 2000, with fellow Stanford classmate Jeff Fluhr, initially as part of a Stanford competition from which they withdrew after being chosen as finalists due to concerns that someone might take their idea. He was its president. StubHub was sold to eBay in 2007 for $310 million.
In 2006, Baker founded Viagogo, and has been its CEO since then. He owns Viagogo through a company called Pugnacious Endeavors, which is based in Delaware, "the US state that is synonymous with financial secrecy".
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