Dan Beckerman
{{short description|American sports executive}}
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Dan Beckerman is the president and CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group.{{cite web | url=https://csq.com/2015/08/dan-beckerman-he-shoots-he-scores/ | title=Dan Beckerman: He Shoots and He Scores | CSQ Magazine | date=August 7, 2015 }}
Biography
= Formation =
Beckerman has a master's degree in business administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from UCLA. A senior accountant at Arthur Anderson in Los Angeles, he specialized in corporate taxation.{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2013-mar-14-la-fi-mo-aeg-david-beckerman-20130314-story.html | title=Meet new AEG chief executive Dan Beckerman, longtime finance man | website=Los Angeles Times | date=March 14, 2013 }}
= Career =
Beckerman replaced Tim Leiweke as President and CEO of AEG executive{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-aeg-david-beckerman-20130314,0,6682427.story | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Ricardo | last=Lopez | title=Meet new AEG chief executive Dan Beckerman, longtime finance man | date=March 14, 2013}} The change in leadership was attributed by some analysts as a reaction to the failure AEG experienced in attracting serious bidders during the sale process and its inability securing an NFL occupant for the Farmers Field, a proposed stadium next to L.A. Live.{{cite news| url=http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_22794729/anschutz-entertainment-group-calls-off-sale | work=Denver Post | first=Aldo | last=Svaldi | date=March 15, 2013 | title=Anschutz ends AEG sale as offers fall short}}
The vice president of finance for the Los Angeles Clippers for two seasons, Beckerman became the leading global sports and live-entertainment conglomerate associated with 150 venues for 100 million guests. Responsible for financial oversight, long-range planning and debt financing for the company's real estate projects, representing global investments of more than $5 billion, he served first for 16 years as chief operating officer and chief financial officer for AEG.{{cite web | url=https://labusinessjournal.com/news/dan-beckerman/ | title=Dan Beckerman | date=July 30, 2018 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/kings/la-sp-state-of-kings-20170127-story.html | title=Q&A with AEG President Dan Beckerman | website=Los Angeles Times | date=January 27, 2017 }} Beckerman serves on the Board of Governors for both the MLS and NHL and the board of directors for The Grammy Museum and UCLA's Anderson School of Management.{{cite web | url=https://milkeninstitute.org/events/gc19/speakers/38104 | title=| Milken Institute }}
= Family =
He lives in Los Angeles and has a wife, Annette, and two daughters, Olivia and Julia.{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericfuller/2021/04/28/dan-beckerman-ceo-of-aeg-is-fired-up-its-go-time-for-live-entertainment/?sh=10f2d7906707 | title=Dan Beckerman, CEO of AEG is Fired up. It's Go Time for Live Entertainment | website=Forbes }}
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