Nigel Eccles
{{short description|Northern Irish businessman}}
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| title = CEO
| employer = Flick
| alma_mater = University of St. Andrews
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Nigel Eccles is a technology entrepreneur and the CEO of the online crypto casino BetHog. He is best known for being the co-founder and CEO of Hubdub and FanDuel.{{cite news|url=https://www.recode.net/2017/11/20/16680412/fanduel-ceo-nigel-eccles-leaving-board-matt-king-carl-vogel|title=FanDuel CEO and co-founder Nigel Eccles is leaving to start an eSports company|date=20 November 2017|work=Recode}}{{cite web|url=https://digit.fyi/fanduel-flick-esports|title=FanDuel CEO and co-founder Nigel Eccles is leaving to start an eSports company|publisher=Digit}}{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/fanduel-tyrone-man-nigel-eccles-will-soon-be-northern-irelands-newest-billionaire-31394470.html|title=FanDuel: Tyrone man Nigel Eccles will soon be Northern Ireland's newest billionaire|date=22 July 2015|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph}}
Career
Eccles launched the online political prediction market Hubdub in 2007.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3058506/twisted-and-mischaracterized-how-fanduels-ceo-is-fighting-back-against-detractors|title="Twisted And Mischaracterized": How FanDuel's CEO Is Fighting Back Against Detractors|date=18 April 2016|magazine=Fast Company}} He admitted that Hubdub "didn’t really have a good business model," which made him change the focus of the company.{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/200voices/business-leaders/nigel-eccles-knowing-pivot-key-entrepreneurs|title=Nigel Eccles: knowing when to "pivot" key for entrepreneurs|date=10 January 2017|newspaper=The Scotsman}} Hubdub later turned into FanDuel.{{cite web|url=https://rotogrinders.com/blog-posts/the-11-000-000-round-interview-with-e-godfather-nigel-eccles-117896|title=The $11,000,000 Round: Interview with "The Godfather" Nigel Eccles|publisher=Rotogrinders}}
Eccles co-founded the daily fantasy company FanDuel in 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-42053878|title=FanDuel founder Nigel Eccles leaves company|date=20 November 2017|publisher=BBC}} Starting in 2016, he oversaw the planning of the merger between FanDuel and Draftkings.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/18/502563390/daily-fantasy-sports-sites-draftkings-and-fanduel-agree-to-merge|title=Daily Fantasy Sports Sites DraftKings And FanDuel Agree To Merge|date=18 November 2016|publisher=NPR}} However, the Federal Trade Commission blocked the merger from taking place in 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.recode.net/2017/7/11/15955616/fanduel-draftkings-merger-ftc-nigel-eccles-daily-fantasy-sports|title=FanDuel is weighing whether to drop its merger with DraftKings|date=11 July 2017|work=Recode}}
In November 2017 Eccles left FanDuel to pursue a new venture in the esports industry.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fanduel-ceo-co-founder-eccles-to-leave-company-1511199689|title=FanDuel CEO, Co-Founder Eccles to Leave Company|date=20 November 2017|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}
In January 2018, Eccles co-founded an Edinburgh-based video game and social streaming platform Flick.{{cite web|url=http://futurescot.com/flick-fanduel-co-founders|title=FanDuel co-founders launch new esports venture in Edinburgh|date=23 January 2018|publisher=Future Scot}}
In May of 2020, Eccles worked with Scott Greenberg and Mike Kuchera to create StarStock, a website focused on buying and selling sports cards. In March of 2021, StarStock raised $8 million in a round of funding, with investors including Andreesen Horowitz and Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young.{{cite web|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/timcasey/2021/04/01/starstock-an-online-sports-cards-marketplace-raises-8-million-in-series-a-funding/?sh=322b87d05a1b|work=Forbes|title=StarStock, An Online Sports Cards Marketplace, Raises $8 Million In Series A Funding|author=Tim Casey|date=April 1, 2021}}
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