John Skipper

John is on the DAZN Group Board of Directors and also serves as a strategic adviser to DAZN. He was previously DAZN Group's Executive Chairman, having joined in May 2018 and oversaw the global launch of DAZN in more than 200 countries and territories. Moving to ESPN in 1997 as a General Manager following his time in journalism, John went on to lead ESPN globally and is credited with negotiating large television rights contracts for US sporting events, including a nine-year, $12 billion deal with the National Basketball Association and a $7.3 billion deal for the College Football Playoff. John is co-founder of Meadowlark Media, a creator-centric original content company set up with Dan Le Batard.