Mark French

Mark French has a long and varied career in the sports, entertainment, and technology sectors. In 2020, they became the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors of X2 Performance, a brand disrupting the sports nutrition space. From 2014 to 2020, they were the Founder of NLP Ventures, an investor and hands-on operational partner for portfolio companies in the Sports, Entertainment, and Technology sectors. In 2020, they partnered with Netflix and Bunim / Murray to develop and executive produce programming as an Executive Producer. In 2011, they were the Founder-Inventor of Court Grip\u2122 and Founding Partner of MISSION Athletecare\u2122. In 2020, they became the Co-Founder of Healthy Together, a company providing end-to-end employee Health & Safety software systems. In 2018, they became the Co-Founder and President of Twenty, a company designed to get people off the couch and excited about exercise. In 2018, they joined the Board of Ad Age, a global media brand focusing on curated creativity, data and analysis, people and culture, and innovation and forecasting. In 2019, they joined the Board of Block Six Analytics, an industry leading technology and analytics company. In 2018, they joined the Board of Directors of AthleticDirectorU, a company designed to empower the college athletics community. In 2014, they were a Member of the Board of Advisors of The Players' Tribune, a compelling rich-content site that features unfiltered perspective and storytelling from the world\u2019s best athletes.

Mark French attended Avon Old Farms from 1991 to 1993. Mark then went on to Ithaca College, where they obtained their Bachelor's degree in Communication and Media Studies between 1993 and 1997. In 2019, they completed a program at Harvard Business School Executive Education titled "The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports."