Erik Baker

GF Sports & Entertainment is a live events and sports media entertainment company created by New York-based private equity firm GF Capital Management & Advisors, LLC. Formed in July 2015, GF Sports & Entertainment owns two of the ATP World Tour’s longest running American tournaments, the Dallas Open and the Atlanta Open, as well as the New York National Lacrosse League team the New York Riptide. GF Sports & Entertainment most recently acquired World Long Drive, an annual long drive tour and the largest annual domestic professional golf event not associated with the PGA of America, the PGA Tour, or the LPGA. It was first held in 1974, and since 2000 has comprised Open, Masters (over-45s) and Women's events. GF Sports & Entertainment also incubates new and emerging sport concepts utilizing its global expertise and network to help develop niche sports. Such concepts include Wolf Pack Ninjas, which operates ninja-focused events globally. Veteran sport, media and entertainment executive Hank Ratner is a co-investor with GF Capital across the company’s various sports properties.

Whalerock Industries is an LA-based media and entertainment company, with divisions specializing in digital, television, and podcast production. Whalerock Studios produces highly acclaimed and popular unscripted series, including BattleBots (Discovery), Hyperdrive (Netflix), Savage Builds (Discovery), and Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness (HBO Max). Echoverse is a next-generation podcast studio focusing on science fiction, supernatural, and fantasy audio experiences. Wonderwall.com is the one-stop source for celebrity and entertainment news, with up-to-the-minute, trusted coverage of Hollywood stars, fashion, music, and red-carpet events. And Tested, led by Adam Savage, is a content platform and community playground for makers and curious minds. On Tested.com, YouTube, and at conventions and events, Adam and the Tested team explore the intersection of science, pop culture, and emerging tech, and take you behind the scenes of museums, films, and TV shows to meet the creators who make the magic happen.

Blue Man Group is best known for its widely popular theatrical shows and concerts that combine music, comedy and multimedia theatrics to produce a totally unique form of entertainment. The blissful party atmosphere created at the live events has become the trademark of a Blue Man Group experience. We’re excited to share #BlueManGroupNYC received the 2023 Traveller’s Choice Award by Tripadvisor for being in the top 10% of attractions worldwide! Thank you to everyone who has left raving reviews of our show! 🙌💙 Currently, Blue Man Group theatrical shows can be seen in New York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Berlin and on our World Tour.

Imprint (German Impressum): http://repucom.net//impressum/ --- Repucom‘s connected solutions allow businesses around the world to better understand and connect with their audiences and customers through media, sponsorship, communication and experiential platforms. We can do that because we’ve been watching and listening to fans and their behaviour for more than 30 years. In that time we’ve built a reliable and independent source of holistic market data that’s second to none. Repucom utilises leading technology and facilities for market research, media evaluation and commercial auditing and has created the industry’s first global, full-service portfolio for sport, entertainment and events. The company has become established as the provider of choice for over 1,700 of the top rights holders, brands, agencies and broadcasters worldwide.

Patricof Co (P/Co) is a highly differentiated investment and advisory platform, leveraging the unique relevance of world-class professional athletes to source the most attractive alternative investment opportunities and drive superior returns.

Our Mission Founded in 1992, the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships is the Universitys primary vehicle for advancing civic and community engagement at Penn. It brings together the resources and assets of both the University and the wider community to help solve universal problems such as poverty, health inequities, environmental sustainability, and inadequate, unequal education as they are manifested in the Universitys local geographic area of West Philadelphia and Philadelphia at large. The Netter Center develops and helps implement democratic, mutually transformative, place-based partnerships between Penn and West Philadelphia that advance research, teaching, learning, practice, and service and improve the quality of life on campus and in the community. The Netter Center works with and serves as a model for other higher education institutions across the United States and around the world. The Netter Center implements the following strategies to advance its mission: Academically Based Community Service (ABCS), involving collaborative real-world problem solving that is rooted in and connected to research, teaching, learning, practice, and service. University-Assisted Community Schools (UACS), a comprehensive, collaborative approach to neighborhood and school improvement that educates, engages, empowers, and serves not only students, but also all other members of the community. Anchor Institution Approach, in which universities engage and integrate their extraordinary intellectual and institutional resources in significant and sustained community-development partnerships. Inclusive participatory governance involving students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members. Regional, national, and global adaptation of the aforementioned strategies. Evaluation of impact at Penn, in West Philadelphia, and beyond.

GF Sports & Entertainment is a live events and sports media entertainment company created by New York-based private equity firm GF Capital Management & Advisors, LLC. Formed in July 2015, GF Sports & Entertainment owns two of the ATP World Tour’s longest running American tournaments, the Dallas Open and the Atlanta Open, as well as the New York National Lacrosse League team the New York Riptide. GF Sports & Entertainment most recently acquired World Long Drive, an annual long drive tour and the largest annual domestic professional golf event not associated with the PGA of America, the PGA Tour, or the LPGA. It was first held in 1974, and since 2000 has comprised Open, Masters (over-45s) and Women's events. GF Sports & Entertainment also incubates new and emerging sport concepts utilizing its global expertise and network to help develop niche sports. Such concepts include Wolf Pack Ninjas, which operates ninja-focused events globally. Veteran sport, media and entertainment executive Hank Ratner is a co-investor with GF Capital across the company’s various sports properties.

Whalerock Industries is an LA-based media and entertainment company, with divisions specializing in digital, television, and podcast production. Whalerock Studios produces highly acclaimed and popular unscripted series, including BattleBots (Discovery), Hyperdrive (Netflix), Savage Builds (Discovery), and Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness (HBO Max). Echoverse is a next-generation podcast studio focusing on science fiction, supernatural, and fantasy audio experiences. Wonderwall.com is the one-stop source for celebrity and entertainment news, with up-to-the-minute, trusted coverage of Hollywood stars, fashion, music, and red-carpet events. And Tested, led by Adam Savage, is a content platform and community playground for makers and curious minds. On Tested.com, YouTube, and at conventions and events, Adam and the Tested team explore the intersection of science, pop culture, and emerging tech, and take you behind the scenes of museums, films, and TV shows to meet the creators who make the magic happen.

Blue Man Group is best known for its widely popular theatrical shows and concerts that combine music, comedy and multimedia theatrics to produce a totally unique form of entertainment. The blissful party atmosphere created at the live events has become the trademark of a Blue Man Group experience. We’re excited to share #BlueManGroupNYC received the 2023 Traveller’s Choice Award by Tripadvisor for being in the top 10% of attractions worldwide! Thank you to everyone who has left raving reviews of our show! 🙌💙 Currently, Blue Man Group theatrical shows can be seen in New York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Berlin and on our World Tour.