Johnny Aitken

Johnny Aitken has led PointsBet’s U.S. operation as CEO since launch in January 2019, spearheading the company’s impressive expansion as well as PointsBet’s steadfast focus to offer the most bet types in the world across all four major U.S. sports. Additionally, Johnny has challenged the rapidly growing sportsbook to remain at the forefront of introducing well-received bettor-first initiatives, while also providing clients with the best content and overall experience for sports bettors.

Johnny’s professional career began at Greyhound Racing, where he led the creation of the company’s first website. Johnny cut his teeth in sports gambling at TomWaterhouse.com, where he handled bets as large as $10 million, and learned to differentiate between sharp and recreational action. When William Hill purchased TomWaterhouse.com, Johnny came on to handle integrated advertising during televised sporting events in Australia. He rose to lead the risk unit at William Hill, overseeing the P&L. During his tenure, William Hill’s P&L statement showed a profit of $300 million. As head of risk, he found ways to cut $5 million in expenses from the trading and operations department, and learned the importance of technology in bookmaking. He then became William Hill’s Trading and Operations Director, overseeing 150 people in the quantitative analytics, customer service, content, and accounting departments. While the Trading Operations Director, Johnny drove the National Basketball Association (NBA) to become the largest volume sport for the business by investing in product, promotions, and pricing initiatives.

A native of Australia, Johnny now resides in Denver. He received a Bachelor of Commerce from Deakin University.