Eric Baker (businessman)

Eric Baker
Born Eric H. Baker
May 1973 (age 45)
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.

Early life

Eric Baker was born in May 1973.[1] He was born and grew up in Los Angeles.[2][3] Baker graduated from Harvard College in 1995, and received an MBA from Stanford Business School in 2001.[4]

Career

Baker worked for McKinsey & Company for two years, and then Bain Capital, a private equity firm in Boston.[4][3]

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.[3][2] He was its president.[5] StubHub was sold to eBay in 2007 for $310 million.[3]

In 2006, Baker founded Viagogo, and has been its CEO since then.[5] He owns Viagogo through a company called Pugnacious Endeavors, which is based in Delaware.[2]

On May 30, 2018 BBC News reported that the UK Government's digital minister advised that consumers should not use Viagogo, one of the big four secondary ticket sites. Margot James said: “Don’t choose Viagogo - they are the worst”. Despite huge global publicity, Eric Baker kept silent about the issue. [6]

On August 31 2018 the UK's Competition and Markets Authority decided to take Viagogo to the High Court for breaking the law; Eric Barker did not issue any comment or statement.

References

  1. ↑ "CONSOLIDATED INFORMATION SERVICES LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Viagogo: who runs it and who owns it? | Money". The Guardian. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Eric Baker: Respectable face of ticket touting". Telegraph. January 12, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Eric Baker – Founder and CEO, Viagogo.com – MusicTank". Musictank.co.uk. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Eric H. Baker: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
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