David Gandler

Co-Founder and CEO

David Gandler is co-founder and CEO of Fubo (NYSE: FUBO), whose global mission is to aggregate the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app.

Under David’s leadership, Fubo aims to transcend the industry’s current TV model. The company’s sports-first live TV streaming platform, Fubo, is live in the U.S., Canada and Spain. In France, Fubo operates Molotov, the market’s leading live TV streaming platform.

Fubo’s proprietary data and technology platform is optimized for live TV and sports viewership. With Fubo, consumers can choose a lean back viewing experience or, through interactive product features, engage with the content they are watching. The company has also been regularly first to market with advancements to its streaming product. Fubo was the first vMVPD to enable simultaneous viewing on up to four screens (Multiview on Apple TV and Roku), and launched 4K streams back in 2018 – years ahead of other vMVPDs.

Forbes named Fubo to its Next Billion Dollar Startups list in 2019, one year ahead of the company’s listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in October 2020.

Prior to founding Fubo in 2015, David had a prolific advertising career with more than 15 years of video sales in local broadcast and cable TV within both the general and Hispanic market, including at Scripps Networks Interactive, Time Warner Cable Media Sales and NBCUniversal’s Telemundo Media.

An active leader in the global sports industry outside of Fubo, David serves as a trustee for the United States Olympic & Paralympic Foundation and on the board of directors for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC).

David has been named among Goldman Sachs’ 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs (2019) and Variety’s Dealmakers (2020, 2019).

Alberto Horihuela

Co-Founder and COO

Alberto Horihuela is co-founder and chief operating officer of Fubo, the live TV streaming platform whose global mission is to aggregate the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app.

As chief operating officer, Horiheula is a key player in all company strategic initiatives and achieving goal targets, including Fubo’s goal of reaching profitability in 2025. He co-founded the company in 2015, alongside David Gandler and Sung Ho Choi, and was previously the company’s chief growth officer (2021-2023) and chief marketing officer (2015-2021). As CGO, Horihuela oversaw the company’s expansion strategy in the U.S. and internationally. As CMO, he drove the company’s overall marketing vision, from brand positioning to subscriber acquisition, engagement and retention.

Prior to co-founding Fubo, Horihuela was head of Latin America for SVOD service DramaFever (later acquired by Softbank and a part of Warner Bros. Digital Networks).

Horihuela is a serial entrepreneur, having also co-founded Primerad Network, where he was also CEO of this leading digital video ad network specializing in U.S. Hispanic markets, connecting brands to this audience via premium video publishers; and Dokarta, which helped local Chicago dining, health & beauty businesses attract customers during slower business periods via hyper-local and real-time deals. Formerly he also worked as an economist and analyst, with positions at Morgan Stanley and DeMatteo Monness.

Horihuela is trilingual (English, Spanish and Portuguese) and graduated from the University of Chicago in 2009 with a BA in Economics. He was named to the Multichannel News 40 Under 40 list in 2016.

John Janedis

Chief Financial Officer

John Janedis is chief financial officer of Fubo, the live TV streaming platform whose global mission is to aggregate the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app.

As CFO, Janedis leads all financial operations and strategy for Fubo with a particular emphasis on architecting the company’s future financial roadmap.

Janedis has more than two decades of experience leading equity research, investor relations, capital markets and M&A for some of the world’s preeminent financial institutions. Prior to joining Fubo, Janedis was managing director, senior equity research analyst at Wolfe Research, focusing on the media, cable and telecommunications industries. From 2018-2020, Janedis was senior vice president, capital markets, treasurer and investor relations at TEGNA Inc., where he advised on key strategic and capital market decisions, M&A and growth initiatives. As managing director, senior equity research analyst at Jefferies, a role he held from 2014-2018, Janedis authored research on over 30 media, cable and telecom companies with a specialty in advertising, streaming, direct to consumer and other distribution platforms.

Prior to Jefferies, Janedis held leadership positions in equity research at UBS Securities (2010-2014), Wells Fargo Securities (2006-2010), Banc of America Securities (2000-2006) and Morgan Stanley & Co. (1999-2000).

Gina DiGioia

Chief Legal Officer

Gina DiGioia (Sheldon) is chief legal officer at Fubo, the live TV streaming platform whose global mission is to aggregate the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app.

DiGioia oversees all legal matters for Fubo, including financings, acquisitions and corporate governance. She also works closely with the Fubo business teams in supporting business affairs and commercial activities. As a member of the executive management team, DiGioia plays a critical role shaping Fubo’s internal legal function and helping define the company’s strategy. She joined the company in 2020 as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, and was Fubo’s first in-house general counsel.

Prior to joining Fubo, DiGioia was U.S. general counsel and chief operations officer for Fiizy, a global technology company with products serving financial vertical markets in Europe and Latin America. Previously, she held general counsel positions with various public and private media companies, including Defy Media, a digital content media company, and Alloy, a multimedia advertising and marketing company, where, as lead counsel, she was instrumental in both corporate and commercial transactions. DiGioia also has experience in private practice as a senior associate of Grant, Herrmann, Schwartz & Klinger. She began her career as an apprentice with the U.S. Department of State at the U.S. Embassy in Rome.

DiGioia was named to Next TV/Broadcasting & Cable’s Women in the Game list in 2023 and Cablefax’s Cablefax 100 list of the most powerful executives in media in 2021.

Eric Renard

Chief Technology Officer

Eric Renard is chief technology officer of Fubo (NYSE: FUBO), whose global mission is to aggregate the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app.

Based in Fubo’s headquarters in New York City, Renard leads Fubo’s global engineering team and operations across North America, France and India, which are focused on video, backend, frontend, advertising and data platforms, as well as product engineering and innovation. He has played a pivotal role in the development and deployment of Unified Platform, Fubo’s global core technology infrastructure, and has contributed to the creation of AI product features like Instant Headlines, designed to enhance the live streaming experience for consumers.

Before his tenure at Fubo, Renard spent nearly eight years at Molotov in Paris, France where he most recently served as chief technology officer. Joining in 2016 as one of the company’s first employees, he was responsible for the platform’s technical architecture and led the engineering team. His efforts were instrumental in Molotov’s success, culminating in its acquisition by Fubo in 2021. Molotov is France’s leading live TV streaming platform.

Previously, Renard held engineering positions at major French media companies including Canal+ (2009-2016) and TF1 (2008-2009) where he worked on OTT services. At Canal+, the leading French audiovisual media group, he managed IPTV services including VOD and SVOD platforms. There he was responsible for the development and maintenance of one of the first widely adopted TVOD/SVOD apps for the French market.

Fluent in both English and French, Renard pursued studies at EPITECH (European Institute of Technology) between 2005 and 2008.

Pamela Duckworth

Head of Fubo Studios

Pamela Duckworth, an award-winning executive producer with extensive experience across all production disciplines and brand marketing, is head of Fubo Studios for Fubo, the leading sports-first live TV streaming platform.

Duckworth is responsible for all creative direction including original programming on the company’s networks, including Fubo Sports which launched in 2019, Fubo Movie Network and Fubo Latino Network. Fubo Sports’ award-winning original programming includes No Chill with Gilbert Arenas hosted by three time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas and Josiah Johnson; and Airing It Out, hosted by former Pro Bowl wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh.

Additionally she leads Fubo Studios, Fubo’s original production division dedicated to sports and entertainment programming across multiple formats. As part of this, Duckworth oversees Fubo’s partnership with Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort to create content for the Maximum Effort Channel, a linear channel on Fubo. This includes original series Bedtime Stories with Ryan starring Ryan Reynolds.

Duckworth brings more than 25 years of experience with cable start ups, commercials, live sports and events, syndicated television series, and short-form content from initial conception to final distribution. She has cultivated close relationships with top directors, producers and agents, and is known for her expert handling of A-list talent from the worlds of film, television, music and sports. Duckworth has worked with Beyonce, Jay Z, Jon Bon Jovi, Rob Lowe, Jeffrey Tambor and Peyton Manning, to name a few.

In addition to overseeing Fubo’s networks, Duckworth continues to run Duckworth Entertainment, a full-service creative marketing production company based in NYC and LA. Prior to founding her company, Duckworth spent 10+ years at DIRECTV as the head of advertising production and events.

Throughout the course of her career, Duckworth’s work has been honored with 12 Cannes Lions, 3 Clios, 3 AICP’s, 2 Effies, 3 Andy’s, 2 D&AD’s and a One Show.

Originally from Grove City, Ohio, Duckworth earned her degree in Film & Television from Bowling Green State University. She is an avid sports fan, music enthusiast and global traveler.

Erik Gerson

EVP, Engagement & Retention

Erik Gerson is executive vice president, engagement & retention of Fubo, where he is responsible for growing user engagement across the live TV streaming platform while also increasing lifetime value of subscribers.

Prior to joining Fubo in 2018, Gerson was senior vice president, customer experience at music streaming subscription service TIDAL, where he led user acquisition, customer retention, direct marketing and customer care/experience. He has held senior marketing and customer experience roles at Nestle USA, Hearst Digital Marketing Services, Cricket Wireless, Atari, Gateway and Sony Electronics.

Isaac Josephson

SVP, Product Management

Isaac Josephson is senior vice president, product management at Fubo, the live TV streaming platform whose global mission is to aggregate the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app. With over two decades of digital media experience, Josephson spearheads Fubo’s product strategy and development.

Building products and businesses for best-in-class brands, Josephson was previously head of product at Hearst Newspapers, where he did his part for democracy by introducing step change to 40+ local news and information sites and apps. Prior to Hearst, he was on the product team at Viacom where he created the company’s data platform and a global app platform, and oversaw domestic brands’ connected TV experiences. Before Viacom, he was on the product leadership team at Audible – Amazon’s audiobook division. There, he oversaw the company’s primary web, mobile web, and mobile app experiences.

Previously, Josephson was vice president of product development at ABC News, where he oversaw product management, project management and business intelligence for all of the company’s digital and mobile products. Prior to that, he spent ten years in the music industry as general manager of the music division at the NPD Group, where he helped global music companies and retailers develop digital music strategies, as a product manager at Listen.com for the launch of Rhapsody digital music subscription service, and as senior producer at Rollingstone.com.

In 1994, Josephson co-founded Centerstage Chicago, the world’s first online guide to local entertainment, arts and leisure. It was subsequently acquired by the Chicago Sun Times. He began his career with the Tribune Company where he was responsible for developing the corporate online presence and participated in the launch of Chicagotribune.com.

He has an undergraduate degree in rhetoric from Northwestern University and a Master’s in media studies from NYU.

Todd Mathers

SVP, Content Strategy & Acquisition

Todd Mathers is senior vice president, content strategy & acquisition at Fubo, the live TV streaming platform whose global mission is to aggregate the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app.

Prior to joining Fubo, Mathers was head of content strategy and business development for Verizon/FIOS, where he was responsible for content acquisition on all consumer platforms (wireless, 5G, fixed wireless, FIOS, broadband, etc), affiliate relations, pricing/packaging and more.

Before joining Verizon/FIOS in 2021, Mathers spent 20 years at AT&T and DIRECTV, most recently as senior vice president, programming and content. While at the company, Mathers developed and launched a portfolio of digital products including streaming platforms Watch TV, DIRECTV NOW and AT&T TV.

Mathers, a lawyer, began his career at Sony Pictures and the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.

Ameet Padte

VP, FP&A, Corporate Development & Investor Relations

Ameet Padte is vice president, financial planning & analysis, corporate development and investor relations at Fubo, the live TV streaming platform whose global mission is to aggregate the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app.

An executive on Fubo’s finance team, Padte is the primary point of contact for research analysts as well as current and potential investors. He also leads mergers and acquisitions and minority investments, overseeing all of the company’s closed transactions, including its 2020 reverse merger that led to its public listing. Padte also works closely with the CEO and CFO on strategic planning and capital allocation across the global organization. In 2020, Padte led the company’s IPO process as right hand to the CFO and scaled the finance organization from startup stage to the public markets.

Prior to joining Fubo in 2017, Padte spent four years as a VC investor at SeedInvest. Padte led more than 30 deals across a variety of stages (Seed-Series D) at SeedInvest, and deployed investments of over $60 million across multiple sectors. He began his career as an equity research analyst for Moffett Nathanson and Nomura Securities.

Outside of Fubo, Padte is a managing director at F Suite, a membership and mentorship organization for CFOs of high-growth technology companies.

Padte was named an Emerging Leader by StreamTV Insider in 2022.

Jennifer Press

SVP, Communications

Jennifer Press is senior vice president, communications at Fubo, the live TV streaming platform whose global mission is to aggregate the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app.

At Fubo, Press leads external and internal communications, crisis and reputation management, PR, public affairs and thought leadership. She joined Fubo in 2018 as its first in-house communications hire, establishing its communications strategy, extending the company’s then-limited trade profile to mainstream media and positioning the start-up as a streaming disruptor. A year later, Fubo was named to Forbes’ Billion Dollar Start-up List.

As the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, Jennifer managed communications around the company’s reverse triangular merger and its listing on the NYSE. Since 2020, she has led communications for the now publicly-traded company during a pivotal growth period that has included M&A in the U.S. and internationally, the launch of Maximum Effort Channel (a partnership with Ryan Reynolds) and Fubo rollouts in Europe and Canada.

Previously, Jennifer led communications for Conde Nast Entertainment and Vevo, a digital music video venture from Google, Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, where she was part of the launch team. While at Vevo, Jennifer also managed publicity, including red carpet, for live events headlined by Kanye West and Jay Z, Lady Gaga, Demi Lovato and Iggy Azalea, Sam Smith, Maroon5, Kendrick Lamar and many others.

Before Vevo, Press oversaw comms for Sony Music’s nascent digital music service, Dada, and global corporate communications and songwriter/talent publicity at BMG Music Publishing and its Zomba Music Publishing subsidiary. As part of BMG’s divestiture team, she helped complete the company’s sale to Universal Music Group in 2006/2007 for a record $2.2B, then the largest music publishing transaction to date.

Press was named to the Crain’s New York Business / Notable Leaders in Advertising, Marketing and PR list in 2022.

Dina Roman

SVP, Global Advertising Sales

Dina Roman is senior vice president, global advertising sales of Fubo, the live TV streaming platform whose global mission is to aggregate the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app. She oversees Fubo’s global sales strategy, ad operations and growing sales team.

A strategic sales, business development and digital media leader, Dina’s career progression has uniquely positioned her at the nexus of the content, advertising and video technology industries. She has a keen understanding of how digital content is profitably produced, consumed, shared, packaged and monetized.

Always an innovator, Dina has led go-to-market revenue strategies for Simulmedia and Sharethrough, as well as Brightcove and Adap.tv, two leading video technology start-ups that achieved successful exits. She gained earlier management experience building new revenue streams and top-grossing digital products for some of the most renowned multi-platform media companies, including The New York Times, Disney, Discovery Communications, Scripps Networks Interactive and International Data Group (IDG).

Dina’s experience provides a 360-degree understanding of the current media ecosystem. She possesses business perspectives gained from inside established global media companies and within the disruptive technology businesses they partner with.

Recently, as SVP of Simulmedia, a cross-channel video platform providing premium video ad planning, buying, activation, and measurement for national campaigns across major linear and CTV networks and publishers, Dina was hired by the CEO to develop their go-to-market strategy for the TV+ product launch and to lead the sales organization’s rapid expansion into independent agencies. At Sharethrough, Dina’s team supported marketers and agency trading desks on the open internet to engage with consumers using “polite” in-feed ad formats that mapped to the form and function of the page they were viewing. Sharethrough merged with district m. Prior, as EVP, General Manager Video for U.S. Media at global technology publisher IDG, Dina was hired by the CEO to join IDG’s executive team and bring digital video technology and content expertise to the vision, launch, and operational leadership of IDG.tv, the company’s multi-brand, flagship video business, prior to IDG’s sale to China Oceanwide.

She made an initial transition from advertising sales management to the media tech industry as VP Marketer Solutions and Advertising Sales at start-up video technology company Brightcove in 2005. There, she directed its early revenue and market adoption efforts with leading corporate brands and agencies; helping to pave the way for its successful IPO. After a return to media as SVP, Digital Advertising Sales at Scripps Networks Interactive, Dina was recruited as SVP, NA Agency Sales to build and lead go-to-market revenue strategies for Adap.tv, a Silicon Valley, programmatic video advertising platform company. Adap.tv was acquired by AOL in a well-publicized strategic deal.

Earlier, Dina held business development, ad sales management, and early digital media and product management roles at The New York Times, and launched and led Digital Sales teams for Disney Online and as VP General Sales Manager for Discovery Communications’ digital brands.

Dina has been active in IAB industry initiatives and Digital Content Next, and was on the steering committee for IDea, an early interactive TV consortium. She is a graduate of Fordham University, a competitive tennis player, avid cyclist, and a volunteer for Global Volunteers of America and Habitat for Humanity.

Laura Schmidt

SVP, People Operations / Human Resources

Laura Schmidt is senior vice president, people operations/human resources at Fubo, the live TV streaming platform whose global mission is to aggregate the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app.

Schmidt oversees all people and human resources operations for Fubo, an increasingly important area as the company has rapidly grown through organic growth and acquisition.

A highlight of Schmidt’s two decades leading human resources functions for some of the world’s most prestigious media, entertainment and lifestyle companies is her success driving process improvements, defining culture and establishing environments that embrace positive change.

She joined Fubo in 2021 from Warner Media where, as vice president of human resources, she supported the Warner Media Technology Organization (WMTO) in the U.S. and internationally. Prior to Warner, Schmidt spent nearly 10 years at Scripps Network Interactive, which was acquired by Discovery, where she drove and innovated people and culture, including the transition of the two organizations. Schmidt previously held leadership roles at Stuart Weitzman, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and Economist Group.

Dan Sormaz

SVP, Design

Dan Sormaz is senior vice president, design at Fubo, the live TV streaming platform whose global mission is to aggregate the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app.

Sormaz has over 20 years of experience designing best-in-class user experiences for some of the world’s most popular consumer products, including Spotify, Sorare and Boxee (acquired by Samsung). He joined Fubo in 2023, a pivotal moment for the company as it continues to build its vision of the most intuitive and personalized TV experience for the consumer. At Fubo, Sormaz leads the design organization, which is responsible for how Fubo’s customers interact with and experience its live TV streaming products.

Prior to joining Fubo, Sormaz led design at Sorare, a web 3 startup in the digital collectibles / fantasy sports space that partners with the NBA, MLB, Premier League and other top sports leagues. He joined Spotify in 2012 and ultimately rose to the VP of design position. During his 10 years at Spotify, Sormaz built and led multiple design organizations and launched consumer products. Most recently, he led design for Spotify’s recommendations org, responsible for innovative new features such as its Home Feed, AI DJ and personalized playlists. Sormaz has also led design at TV startup Boxee (2011-2012) and major media companies News Corp (2010-2011) and AOL (2006-2010).

Yale Wang

EVP / Head, Marketing (North America)

Yale Wang is executive vice president/head of marketing at Fubo, the live TV streaming platform whose global mission is to aggregate the best in TV, including premium sports, news and entertainment content, through a single app.

Wang, who joined Fubo in 2017, leads all North American marketing efforts for the company, focusing on implementing data-driven digital marketing strategies to drive subscriber growth.

Previously, Wang was VP and head of marketing for DramaFever, a streaming OTT network that was acquired by Warner Bros. Digital Networks. Prior to his five year tenure at DramaFever, Wang was an investment banker for the technology, media and telecom sectors at BMO Capital Markets.

Wang holds a degree in Economics from Brown University.