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While working as a manager for Ortiz and Liddell, White met Bob Meyrowitz, the owner of Semaphore Entertainment Group, the then-parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
- Who Owns The UFC in 2022?
- Who Owns The UFC? – The Zuffa Era
- The Founders & The First UFC Sale
- Seg UFC Owners (1993-2001) & The Second UFC Sale
- The Bottom Line
Many fans of the UFC incorrectly believe Dana White is the UFC owner, or at least part owner. As of 2021, Dana White no longer owns any shares in the UFC. From 2001 to 2021, Dana White was a part owner of the UFC, but the current 100% UFC owners are Endeavor Group Holdings(formerly WME-IMG), a holding company that owns large stakes in various busin...
Before Endeavor took a majority stake in 2016, the UFC owners were the Fertitta brothers who bought the UFC from 100% owners, Semaphore Entertainment Group (SEG), in 2001. The Fertitta brothers, Lorenzo Fertitta and Frank Fertitta paid $2 million for the UFC, which became a subsidiary of Zuffa LLC, the parent company they founded along with the pur...
The UFC was founded in 1993, with the first event on November 12, and was founded by: 1. Art Davie: marketer and entrepreneur 2. Rorion Gracie: Bjj academy owner and member of the Gracie family – the family who started Bjj and vale tudo 3. John Milius: filmmaker The three set up WOW promotions LLC(War of the Worlds) under the leadership of Art Davi...
The original 3 UFC owners had sold their 50% position, and the negative press and stigma surrounding the promotion continued. SEG managed to run the UFC for another 6 years but was bleeding money and heading for bankruptcy – they needed to sell the promotion. Dana White found out about the sale early because he was managing UFC fighters at the time...
So, who owns the UFC? The current UFC owners are Endeavour Group Holdings, which has held a 50.1% majority stake since 2016 and became 100% UFC owners in 2021 after Endeavor took the company public with an IPO. In 2017, Endeavor bought out the minority shareholders such as the Abu Dhabi government and the Fertitta brothers, increasing its share to ...
Apr 10, 2024 · Endeavor’s Chief Executive Ari Emmanuel is at the helm of the new company. Meanwhile, UFC President Dana White is its Chief Executive while WWE founder Vince McMahon is the Executive Chairman.
Sep 1, 2022 · Dana White is the current president as well as a shareholder of the UFC but he isn't technically the owner of the MMA organization.
- Jen Allen
Jul 11, 2016 · The primary owners of UFC, Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta, held an 80 percent stake under their parent company, Zuffa. White, who owned nine percent of UFC, ran the day-to-day operations of Zuffa and...
Sep 1, 2022 · No network is trying to get Premier League CEO Richard Masters to host a reality show but, according to White, the Food Network has signed up for eight episodes of Fuck It Friday. White’s ...
Mar 30, 2023 · Despite being at the helm as the promotion's president, there's a misconception that White owns the promotion, which isn't the case. The promotion was founded in 1993 by Art Davie and...
