In time, the Fanatics CEO plans to expand the idea to a six-month co-op program for recently retired athletes. "Honestly, it's a win-win for both of us. It's great. It is our responsibility to ...

and Fanatics Collectibles (run by CEO Mike Mahan). Rubin has long planned to take Fanatics public, and while those plans were put on hold as the company jumped into new businesses, it is expected ...

Fanatics has discussed plans to IPO but doesn't have a firm timeline ... of sports fans globally," according to founder and CEO Michael Rubin. He has bold ambitions for his company, including ...

but Fanatics was the early punching bag — to the point that Fanatics founder and CEO Michael Rubin admitted to The Athletic's Mark Lazerus that he initially assumed his company was indeed ...