Nathan Hubbard

Nathan Hubbard is an American business and music executive, and the founder of Rival, a ticketing startup.

Nathan Hubbard
NationalityAmerican
Education
Occupations
  • businessman
  • music executive
  • podcaster

Early life and education

Hubbard graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University, receiving a bachelor's degree in politics.[1] Hubbard later received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.[1][2]

Career

Hubbard began his career in the entertainment industry as a touring and recording singer/songwriter with the group Rockwell Church.[1][2][3] The band released five albums.[1][3]

Hubbard served as CEO of Musictoday until 2006, when the company was merged with Live Nation Entertainment.[3] Hubbard then joined Live Nation, where he was the CEO of Live Nation Ticketing. After Live Nation merged with Ticketmaster in 2010, Hubbard served as CEO of Ticketmaster at Live Nation Entertainment until 2013.[1][4] Hubbard oversaw the e-commerce division of Live Nation, working on ticketing and online sales.[3] During his time at Ticketmaster, Hubbard attempted to improve public perception of Ticketmaster.[5][6] In 2013, Hubbard was removed from Ticketmaster amid a power struggle with Michael Rapino, the CEO of Live Nation.[2][3]

From August 2013 to 2016, Hubbard worked for Twitter as the company's first Vice President of Commerce and the interim Head of Global Media and Commerce.[7][8][9] Hubbard was hired to work with retailers on making sales from their tweets through a "buy button."[10][11] He left after Twitter disbanded its commerce team, stating that commuting from Los Angeles to San Francisco had been difficult for his family.[12]

In 2018, Hubbard founded the ticketing company Rival, where he served as CEO.[4] Hubbard hoped that the company would eventually compete with Ticketmaster.[4] Rival had a contract with Kroenke Sports & Entertainment.[4] In July 2019, Ticketmaster began providing transitional support to Rival.[4] In March 2020, the Department of Justice approved Ticketmaster's acquisition of Rival and Hubbard sold the company.[4][13]

Hubbard works for The Ringer, where he hosts the podcast Every Single Album alongside reporter Nora Princiotti.[4][14][15]

Hubbard is on the board for Gibson.[4]

References
  1. "Speaker Profile". MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  2. Eaton, Kit (August 13, 2013). "Ticketmaster's President Nathan Hubbard Out". Fast Company. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. Karp, Hannah (August 12, 2013). "FACEBOOK TWITTER LINKEDIN COPY LINK Live Nation Pushes Out President at Ticketmaster". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  4. Smith, Dylan (April 13, 2020). "Ticketmaster Buys Company Started by Ex-Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard". Digital Music News. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  5. Salter, Chuck (August 24, 2011). "Ticketmaster Teams With Facebook So You Can Sit Next To Your Friends". Fast Company. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  6. "Ticketmaster CEO On Brand Hatred: "People Want To Eat My Kids They're So Angry"". Fast Company. November 10, 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  7. "Nathan Hubbard". Fast Company. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  8. Jarvey, Natalie (January 25, 2016). "Twitter Names Former Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard Interim Head of Media". Billboard. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  9. "Twitter names CCO Nathan Hubbard as interim media head". Las Vegas Review-Journal. January 25, 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  10. Ingraham, Nathan (August 27, 2013). "Twitter hires former Ticketmaster president Nathan Hubbard as commerce chief". The Verge. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  11. Pnazarino, Matthew (August 27, 2013). "Twitter Hires Ex-Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard As Head of Commerce To Make It Retail Friendly". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  12. "Twitter's Exiting Buy Button Exec Tweets Farewell". PYMNTS. June 2, 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  13. Brooks, Dave (April 11, 2020). "After DOJ Approval, Ticketmaster Buys Former CEO's Company Rival". Billboard. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  14. Rafford, Claire; Gomez, Desi (April 20, 2021). "SCENE 'Are you ready for it?': A Taylor Swift song draft". The Observer. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  15. Princiotti, Nora; Hubbard, Nathan (March 8, 2021). "How Taylor Swift's Self-Titled Debut Album Put Her on a Path to Superstardom". The Ringer. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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