Shari Glazer, CEO of Kalos Labs and Founder of US Digital Trust, Joins Skillz Board of Directors
May 12 2022 - 1:56PM
Business Wire
The Globally-Recognized Philanthropist,
Entrepreneur, and Owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Manchester
United Joins Skillz Board as Its Second Woman Director
Skillz (NYSE: SKLZ), the leading mobile games platform bringing
fair and fun competition to players worldwide, today announced that
Shari Glazer, entrepreneur and a globally-recognized
philanthropist, has joined its board of directors. Shari serves as
the second woman director to be elected to the Skillz board of
directors, which now includes eight board members.
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“We couldn’t be happier to benefit from Shari Glazer’s extensive
expertise at the intersection of sports, technology, and
philanthropy, and bring her on our journey to deliver fair
competition to everyone, redefining how competition happens– in
mobile gaming and beyond,” said Andrew Paradise, CEO of Skillz.
In addition to being Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kalos
Labs, a digital assets and blockchain platform for global brands,
Shari Glazer is the founder of US DIGITAL Trust, which manages a
diverse portfolio of private investments across the digital assets
industry. The Glazer family has also owned the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
franchise since 1995, helping steer the team to Super Bowl victory
in 2021, and British soccer powerhouse Manchester United, which
they acquired in 2006. As a globally-recognized philanthropist and
co-founder of the Edward and Shari Glazer Charitable Trust, Glazer
currently sits on the Board of Trustees for MOCA, and Board of
Overseers at Hoover Institution, Stanford University. In 2018,
Glazer opened the Shari and Ed Glazer Center for Entrepreneurship
and Innovation (CEI), designed to enhance collaboration and
experiential learning, and to serve as an academic hub and idea
incubator.
“I’m honored to join Skillz’s Board. As a category creator,
Skillz has been uniquely positioned to disrupt the competitive
mobile games industry and build the home for competition for all. I
look forward to the opportunity to be a part of the company’s
evolution and next stage of growth,” said Glazer.
About Skillz Inc.
Skillz is the leading mobile games platform that connects
players in fair, fun, and meaningful competition. The Skillz
platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by
enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented
technology, Skillz hosts billions of casual esports tournaments for
millions of mobile players worldwide, and distributes millions in
prizes each month. Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast
Company’s Most Innovative Companies, CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Forbes’
Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the number-one fastest-growing
company in America on the Inc. 5000. www.skillz.com
Source: Skillz Inc.
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