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Ben Sturner is the Founder and CEO of Leverage Agency, one of the world's fastest growing sports and entertainment brand marketing and sales agencies.
Sturner has taken his multi-million dollar business from a small start-up in his New York City apartment to a premiere agency that has secured deals for clients in sports and branded entertainment.
Ben has been instrumental in Leverage securing sponsorship deals with top-tier properties and brands including: “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” AVP Pro Beach Volleyball, Top Rank Boxing, Ironman, KFC, Gillette, Progressive Insurance, Southwest Airlines, Reebok, Comcast, Anheuser Busch, Fremantle Media, Mark Burnett Productions and NBC’s Prime Time Celebrity Apprentice, Reveille, Radical Media, among others.
Before starting Leverage, Ben was the Director of Marketing for Bennett Global Marketing Group, where he worked on sponsorships and event marketing for clients including Dunkin' Donuts, Reebok, Manchester United and Level Vodka.
Prior to Bennett Global, he initiated and managed Lycos' marketing endorsement with Anna Kournikova, and worked to develop and implement the multi-platform advertising and promotional campaign “Win Anna’s Stuff’.
Ben has been named NYC Entrepreneur of the month in TrueNYC.com and has been interviewed on ESPN, NBC, CNBC, USA TODAY and WALL STREET JOURNAL as an expert in sports and entertainment sponsorship.
Ben is an adjunct professor at NYU and serves on the Board of Directors for The U.S. Sports Film Festival, Carnegie Sports Group and volunteers with The Manhattan Jewish Experience (MJE) Foundation and the William J. Clinton Foundation.
He earned his bachelor's degree with Cum Laude honors from Boston University's College of Communication and played on BU's Division 1 tennis team. |
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The Leverage Wire |
27.01.2010
Ticket sales booming for Manny Pacquiao fight  |
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25.01.2010
Leverage Agency Chief Executive, Ben Sturner Weighs in on the Super Bowl |
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25.01.2010
The Leverage Agency's Ben Sturner Talks to the Wall Street Journal About... |
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