Daniel Sillman

Before joining Relevent, Sillman founded Compass Management Group while he was a student at the University of Michigan. The company offered financial services to athletes and entertainers, including Brandon Graham, who later played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors.{{Cite web|title=Forty Under 40: Daniel Sillman |url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/en/Journal/Issues/2019/03/25/Forty%20Under%2040/Sillman.aspx|access-date=2021-12-28|publisher=www.sportsbusinessdaily.com |work=SportBusiness Daily|language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Heitner |first=Darren |title=Family Office FFO Adds Prominent Athlete Clients Including Draymond Green |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2016/04/25/family-office-ffo-adds-prominent-athlete-clients-through-acquisition/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

He sold Compass in 2014 and joined RSE Ventures, a private investment firm owned by Stephen M. Ross, where he served as Director of Business Development.{{cite web|url=https://leadersinsport.com/sport-business/leaders-events/leaders-sport-awards/leaders-under-40-2023/daniel-sillman/|title=Leaders Under 40 2023|website=Leaders in Sport|access-date=March 14, 2025}} He then transitioned to Relevent, and, shortly thereafter, led the company's transition from a live events company to a global commercial rights partner for professional football properties.{{Cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Ian |title=Sports Business: Daniel Sillman, Relevent's 29-year-old CEO, has bold plans |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2018/10/01/daniel-sillman-relevents-29-year-old-ceo-has-bold.html |access-date=2021-12-28 |work=New York Business Journal |publisher=www.bizjournals.com}}

In 2018, Sillman negotiated a 15-year joint venture deal on behalf of Relevent with La Liga to promote the Spanish league in North America. In 2021, he negotiated La Liga's record-breaking $1.4 billion US media rights deal with ESPN.{{cite web |last1=Beer |first1=Jeff |title=Why elite Spanish soccer's La Liga is going to be your next streaming obsession |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90644762/why-spanish-soccer-la-liga-espn-plus-streaming-obsession |access-date=28 August 2022 |website=Fast Company}} Sillman also led the media rights negotiation and sale of La Liga's rights in Mexico and Central America to Televisa Sky Sports in 2021 for approximately $600 million.{{Cite web |title=FOS PM: La Liga's $560M TV Deal |url=https://frontofficesports.com/newsletter/fos-pm-la-ligas-560m-tv-deal/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Front Office Sports |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sportico.com/business/media/2021/laliga-televisa-sky-sports-mexico-1234646329/|title=LaLiga Inks Eight-Year Deal With Televisa, Doubling TV Money in Mexico|website=Sportico|date=November 10, 2021|author=Eben Novy-Williams|access-date=March 14, 2025}}

In February 2022, UEFA awarded Relevent to act as UEFA and the European Club Association’s sales agent for US media rights of UEFA club competition.{{cite web |last1=Cunningham |first1=Euan |title=UEFA, Relevent, and ECA launch club competitions' media rights tender in US |url=https://www.sportcal.com/news/media/uefa-relevent-and-eca-launch-club-competitions-media-rights-tender-in-us/ |website=Sportcal |date=11 July 2022 |access-date=28 August 2022}} In August 2022, Sillman negotiated with Paramount and reached a 6-year deal with UEFA valued at $1.5 billion, more than 2.5 times the value of the prior deal for the English language rights to UEFA Club Competitions.{{cite web |last1=Weprin |first1=Alex |title=Paramount Wins Rights to UEFA, Including Champions League, in $1.5B Deal |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/paramount-tv-streaming-rights-uefa-champions-league-1235202236/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=19 August 2022 |access-date=28 August 2022}} Relevent and Sillman also negotiated a 3-year deal with TelevisaUnivision for over $225 million for Spanish language rights for the seasons 2024-2027.{{Cite web |last=Pelit |first=Asli |date=2023-05-16 |title=Univision Wins UEFA U.S. Spanish Media Rights in $225M Deal |url=https://www.sportico.com/leagues/soccer/2023/relevent-univision-uefa-deal-1234722993/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Sportico.com |language=en-US}} Sillman later led Relevent in securing and selling UEFA’s club competition rights in the US and EFL match fixture rights across North, Central, and South America.

In 2024, Sillman helped Relevent earn the business for EFL match fixture rights across North, Central, and South America and negotiated Relevent’s 17-year agreement to represent the Bundesliga in the sale of its media rights in North, Central, and South America.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/dfl-relevent-sports-agree-to-long-term-partnership-focused-on-strengthening-bundesliga-in-americas-28980|title=DFL and Relevent Sports agree to long-term partnership focused on strengthening the Bundesliga in Americas|website=Bundesliga|date=September 18, 2024|access-date=March 14, 2025}} Sillman also led Relevent’s efforts to pursue and win a bid to represent the UEFA men’s club competition commercial rights globally for the 2027-2033 cycle. Relevent was officially awarded the mandate in March 2025; the deal is UEFA’s first commercial rights sales partnership since the formation of the UC3, a joint venture between UEFA and the ECA, and is the first change in global agency representation since the creation of the Champions League over 30 years ago.{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/67990aad-cc65-408f-b7a9-5f9ae546deb8|title=Champions League global promotion rights handed to US agency|website=Financial Times|date=March 14, 2025|access-date=March 14, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6201720/2025/03/14/uefa-relevent-champions-league-us/|title=UEFA confirms deal with Relevent Sports: What this means for Champions League games in the U.S.|website=New York Times|date=March 14, 2025|author=Matt Slater|access-date=March 14, 2025}}

Sillman was included on Forbes' "30 Under 30 Sports" list in 2018{{Cite web|title=Daniel Sillman|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/daniel-sillman/|access-date=2021-12-28|work=Forbes|language=en}} Sports Business Journal's 2019 “Forty Under 40” list, and Leaders "Under 40" 2022 list.{{cite web |title=2022 Leaders Under 40 |url=https://leadersinsport.com/sport-business/leaders-events/leaders-sport-awards/leaders-under-40/ |website=Leaders |access-date=29 August 2022}}

Sillman is a member of the FIFA World Cup 26™ Miami Host Committee Board of Directors.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-29 |title=Leadership |url=https://miamifwc26.com/leadership/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=FIFA World Cup 2026 Miami Host Committee |language=en-US}} He serves on the board of directors of RISE, a national nonprofit that educates and empowers the sports community to eliminate racial discrimination, champion social justice, and improve race relations. Sillman is a long time business partner with NBA Champion Draymond Green.{{cite news |last1=Haden |first1=Jeff |date=May 30, 2019 |title=Why One of the Most Successful CEOs (and Entrepreneurs) You've Never Heard of Still Thinks He Has a Lot to LearnHe runs Relevent, has invested in a number of companies with high-profile partners, yet few know him. Which may be a secret to his success. |url=https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/why-one-of-most-successful-ceos-and-entrepreneurs-youve-never-heard-of-still-thinks-he-has-a-lot-to-learn.html |accessdate=January 10, 2022 |work=Inc.}}{{Cite news |last=Tracy |first=Marc |date=2015-09-25 |title=A Million Thanks: Pro Athletes Share the Wealth With Their Colleges |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/sports/ncaabasketball/a-million-thankspro-athletes-are-sharing-the-wealth-with-their-alma-maters.html |access-date=2021-12-28 |newspaper=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Sillman is executive producer of the ESPN documentary about Ada Hegerberg, My Name is Ada Hegerberg,{{Cite web |date=2020-11-19 |title=Ada Hegerberg: 'I'm coming back to reconquer my position in football' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/nov/19/ada-hegerberg-not-here-to-provoke-honest-thoughts-womens-football-lyon-norway |access-date=2021-12-28 |language=en |newspaper=The Guardian}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-19 |title=Spain: Norwegian soccer star Ada Hegerberg fights internal battle |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/article/30339895/norwegian-soccer-player-ada-hegerberg-sacrifice-fight-equality-stardom |access-date=2021-12-28 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}} as well as the Netflix docuseries about Brazilian soccer star Neymar, The Perfect Chaos.{{Cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Justin |date=December 14, 2021 |title=Netflix, Uninterrupted prep Neymar docuseries "The Perfect Chaos" |url=https://realscreen.com/2021/12/14/netflix-uninterrupted-prep-neymar-docuseries-the-perfect-chaos/ |access-date=2021-12-28 |work=RealScreen}}{{cite web |author=Rama |date=January 11, 2022 |title=Key Art And Trailer For NEYMAR: THE PERFECT CHAOS |url=https://www.ramascreen.com/key-art-and-trailer-for-neymar-the-perfect-chaos/ |accessdate=March 1, 2022 |publisher=ramascreen |format=Video}}

Sillman was publicly named alongside Maverick Carter as an investor in Rocket Youth, a youth-enrichment platform, in early 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-14/lebron-s-manager-leads-100-million-investment-in-youth-sports-startup?srnd=phx-business-of-sports&embedded-checkout=true|title=LeBron’s Manager Leads $100 Million Investment in Youth Sports Startup|website=Bloomberg|date=February 14, 2025|author=Randall Williams|access-date=March 15, 2025}}

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