Rich Kleiman

Rich Kleiman (born November 27, 1976) is an American sports agent and entrepreneur. He is the manager of Kevin Durant[1][2] He is also the co-founder of Thirty Five Ventures, a company he founded with Kevin Durant. Kleiman oversees the company's diverse investment portfolio; the emerging media and creative development arm; and the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation.[3][4]

Rich Kleiman
BornNovember 27, 1976
NationalityAmerican
Known forManager and Agent of Kevin Durant


Career

Media projects under the Thirty Five Ventures umbrella include The Boardroom, a platform examining the business of sports, including a flagship video interview series, 2 seasons on ESPN+, an e-newsletter and more; the forthcoming original basketball-themed scripted series "SWAGGER," in partnership with Imagine Entertainment and Apple, and “Q Ball”, the documentary in conjunction with Fox Sports Films, which premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival this year, A Kid From Coney Island, a feature-length documentary on the rise, fall, and rebirth of Stephon Marbury, Basketball County: In The Water, a documentary that tells the story of Prince George’s County, Md. and how it recently produced more elite basketball players than anywhere else in the world.[5][6][7][8]

Rich Kleiman sits on the advisory board for Canopy Rivers, a venture capital firm specializing in cannabis, as well as Athletes Unlimited, a new league revolutionizing women's team sports.[5][9][5][10]

Kleiman personally oversees Thirty Five Venture's diverse investment portfolio, which includes Overtime, a leading sports network focused on young, digital-native sports fans; online digital-currency platform Coinbase, spare-change app Acorns, cloud-computing startup Rubrik, delivery company Postmates, a social and gaming platform for sports Sleeper, and others.[5][11][12]

Philanthropy

Kleiman is heavily involved in the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation (KDCF) helping to complete new basketball court renovations across the globe and opening the Durant Center in Maryland's Prince George’s County, which helps low-income and underserved students enroll and graduate from college.[13][14]

Kleiman also sits on the Board of Directors for New Heights Youth, Inc. which is a non-profit sports-based youth-development and educational organization based in New York City.[5]

Early career

In 2008 Rich Kleiman started working at Jay-Z's Roc Nation as a music manager where he represented his high school friend Mark Ronson, Solange and Wale. In 2013, Kleiman helped launch Roc Nation Sports where he then served as Vice President of the agency. He also served as executive producer on HBO's The Offseason: Kevin Durant and Jay-Z's Fade To Black.[15][16][17]

References
  1. "New York Knicks: Rich Kleiman insists Kevin Durant is still undecided". Daily Knicks. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  2. Zucker, Joseph. "Rich Kevin Durant '100 Percent Undecided' on Future Amid Knicks Rumors". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  3. Himmelsbach, Adam. "Kyrie Irving drops agent, plans to sign with Roc Nation Sports - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  4. Hern, Alex; ez (2019-05-21). "NBA star Kevin Durant is investing into audio company Master & Dynamic". Techaeris. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  5. "Rich Kleiman". www.newheightsnyc.org.
  6. "INSIDE 'THE BOARDROOM': How 35 Ventures Is Building a New Platform". Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  7. "Executive Producer Rich Kleiman Talks 'A Kid From Coney Island'". Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  8. "Kevin Durant traces Prince George's County's rich, supportive basketball history in new film". Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  9. "Kevin Durant's Thirty Five Ventures Joins Canopy Rivers' Strategic Advisory Board". Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  10. "Opinion: Wambach, Mendoza and Durant looking to revolutionize women's team sports". Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  11. "Sports-Media Startup Overtime Raises $9.5 Million From Kevin Durant, Andreessen Horowitz". Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  12. "Sports App Sleeper Nets $20M In a16z-Led Series B, Counts NBA Stars Kevin Durant & Baron Davis As Investors". Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  13. Spangler, Todd (2019-02-11). "ESPN+ Debuts 'The Boardroom' Talk Show From NBA Star Kevin Durant". Variety. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  14. "Inside The Boardroom: How Kevin Durant made himself into a mogul". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  15. John, Caroline (2018-12-13). "Rich Kleiman Wiki: Facts about Kevin Durant's Manager and Business Partner". Earn The Necklace. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  16. "Inside Roc Nation Sports, Jay Z's high-end boutique athlete agency".
  17. "With Jay-Z and Roc Nation Sports, #NewRules For Kevin Durant". Black Enterprise. 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
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