Marc Roberts (sports agent)

Marc Roberts (born September 20, 1959) is an American entrepreneur, real estate developer and businessman. He is the first person to take a sports management company public in the United States.

Marc Roberts
Born (1959-09-20) September 20, 1959
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationSports agent
SpouseMarci Lynn Mazzotta
Children2

Biography

Roberts was born in Newark, New Jersey, and raised in nearby West Orange.[1] Roberts "got into the agent business" at the age of 19 while attending American University in Washington, D.C., where he played on the university's basketball team.[2] Roberts's teammate, Russell Bowers, was the nation's leading scorer, and Roberts became his agent against his coach's orders.[2] Roberts dropped out of American University after three semesters to focus on being a sports agent full time.[3][fn 1]

Roberts began promoting amateur boxing bouts at Plainfield High School in 1980.[4] At the age of 19, Roberts became the youngest person to promote a professional boxing match.[5] When Roberts was 21 years old, his client Donald Curry won a world championship, his first client to do so.[6] In 1988, Roberts, then aged 28, signed three new boxers, including Ray Mercer and Shannon Briggs.[7] In 1990, Roberts took his sports management company, Triple Threat Enterprises, public on NASDAQ.[8] Roberts later founded Worldwide Entertainment & Sports Corporation, which became the first "full–service sports management company" to go public on NASDAQ.[5]

Roberts developed an interest in real estate and started investing in small projects. In 2000, he moved to Florida where he concentrated on residential real estate. A short few years later, Roberts had completed over $1 billion in condominium conversion projects around the country and was a partner in Sunvest, a condominium conversion company. Roberts'other investments include oceanfront properties in Florida (Singer Island, Fort Lauderdale, South Beach, several intracoastal properties in Palm Beach County) and a 32‐story residential building, called the Metropolitan, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.[9]

Roberts then shifted to commercial properties in Miami by co‐founding Miami Worldcenter, the second largest mixed use development planned in the United States. Marc Roberts Companies became a real estate investment and development firm with upward of $1 billion in investments. Roberts' portfolio includes over 10 acres of property in Miami contiguous to the Miami Worldcenter Roberts is also a co‐owner of Club E11even, a nightclub and cabaret in Miami.

In 2005, Roberts was honored as Man of the Year by the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America.[10]

Personal life

As of 2018, Roberts lives in Miami Beach, Florida with his wife Marci Lynn and two sons, Ryan and Justin Roberts.[11]

Books
  • Roberts, Marc (1998). Roberts Rules! : Success Secrets from America's Most Trusted Sports Agent. Career Press. ISBN 1-56414-371-6.

Footnotes
  1. Other sources say that Roberts graduated from American University with a degree in business marketing in 1980.[1]

References
  1. "Roberts brings boxing back to the people". The Herald-News. August 15, 1989. p. 15. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  2. Stewart, Larry (February 24, 1999). "A Consumer's Guide to the Best and Worst of Sports Media and Merchandise". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  3. Moon, Wes (July 24, 1990). "Manager Roberts is becoming a threat to the boxing business". Asbury Park Press. Gannett. p. 38. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  4. "Roberts a boxing loyalist". Courier News. Gannett. October 25, 1989. p. 27. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  5. "Entrepreneur And Acclaimed Developer Marc Roberts Retains Rubenstein Public Relations As Agency Of Record". Business Insider. November 22, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  6. Mastrandrea, Paige (October 21, 2019). "The 2019 Haute 100 List". Haute Living. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  7. "The promoters' promoter". Forbes. May 19, 1997. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  8. "DJ Khaled: Blessed Up". Haute Living. October 2022. p. 137. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  9. "Marc Roberts Rules". Haute Living. March 25, 2008. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  10. "CEO - Marc Roberts Miami". LinkedIn. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  11. Mastrandrea, Paige (August 16, 2018). "The 2018 Miami Haute 100 List: Mark Roberts, Worldwide Entertainment and Sports Corporation". Haute Living. Archived from the original on December 2, 2018.
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