Nate Ravitz

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About Nate Ravitz

Nate Ravitz is a sports and entertainment executive with more than two decades of experience leading digital strategy, content and programming teams across streaming platforms, websites, mobile and connected TV apps, linear television, social media and digital subscription products. Ravitz has extensive experience bringing the best sports content, highlights and consumer entertainment experience to fans, including delivering premier properties for the NFL, NBA, WNBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, college sports, international soccer, UFC and more. Ravitz has also dedicated himself to recruiting and developing a deep bench of talented and diverse executives across his teams. Currently, Ravitz is Senior Vice President, Digital Content and Audience Expansion at ESPN, where he manages the production and editorial arms of ESPN’s industry-leading Fantasy and Sports Betting content, the Business Operations and Audience Expansion group focused on increasing revenue and expanding ESPN to new audiences, and ESPN’s Stats and Information Group, which supports ESPN’s sports data and content research for digital and linear platforms. Prior to his current role, Ravitz was Vice President of Digital Content at ESPN, leading the content and consumer experience on ESPN’s digital platforms, including ESPN.com, the ESPN App on mobile and connected TV devices, as well as Fantasy. Ravitz was also one of the key executives critical to the launch of ESPN+, the most successful over-the-top subscription service for sports fans in the United States. Over his 17 years at ESPN, Ravitz has grown to lead a variety of teams including digital editorial and video production, audience engagement and insights, and social media strategy, including content for ESPN’s major brands and sports verticals across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat. Ravitz also led the successful relaunch of ESPN’s YouTube channels after a multi-year absence from the platform. Under Ravitz’s leadership, ESPN Digital was No. 1 in the sports category (source: Comscore) for a record 40 consecutive months and had its best year ever in 2021, setting a new Sports category record with 120 million unique visitors.