We are thrilled to announce Mike Ybarra as the new CEO of PrizePicks. With over 25 years of experience in the tech and gaming industries, Mike is uniquely positioned to lead us into our next phase of growth. His impressive background includes senior roles at Microsoft and Blizzard Entertainment, where he managed and grew popular gaming products and services. Mike is closely aligned with the PrizePicks culture bringing an unwavering focus on fan experience and constant innovation. Mike will also join our Board. We want to express our sincere gratitude to PrizePicks Founder Adam Wexler, who is transitioning to Executive Chairman of the Board. Adam’s leadership has been instrumental in PrizePicks’ success, helping us to transform from a startup into the leading independent daily fantasy sports operator in the U.S and we look forward to him partnering with Mike. Please join us in welcoming Mike to the PrizePicks family as we embark on this exciting new chapter! More information can be found in our press release. https://lnkd.in/epaxaVMV
About us
PrizePicks is the fastest-growing sports company in North America according to the 2023 Inc. 5000 rankings, two years running, and the largest independent skill-based fantasy sports operator in the country. The company was recently recognized as the Fantasy Sports Business of the Year Award by the Fantasy Sports & Gaming Association and as the Fantasy/DFS Operator of the Year by EGR North America. PrizePicks is a fun, fast, and simple version of daily fantasy sports, covering a wide variety of sports leagues from the NFL and NBA to esports titles League of Legends, Counter-Strike & Valorant. The company is headquartered in Atlanta. PrizePicks is available in the App Store and Google Play or at prizepicks.com.
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External link for PrizePicks
- Industry
- Spectator Sports
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, GA
- Type
- Privately Held
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Primary
3423 Piedmont Rd
suite 445
Atlanta, GA 30305, US
Employees at PrizePicks
Updates
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New Hampshire, here we come! We are thrilled to have been awarded a license to operate in The Granite State as our 35th operational market.
PrizePicks Awarded Operating License in New Hampshire
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This past weekend, PrizePicks took Dallas and the CoD Champs by storm! Highlighted by in-arena branding, a fully staffed booth, 675k social impressions across the weekend and a proposal in our FanZone area, our partnership with OpTic Gaming was nothing short of spectacular. Big thanks to our team members for attending, staffing and making the event a success.
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Considered to be one of the top 10 concert and event venues in the world, we are so thrilled to partner with State Farm Arena. We can't wait to continue to engage sports and music fans alike in our hometown!
PrizePicks and State Farm Arena Announce Marketing Partnership
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We are thrilled to partner with Kindbridge Behavioral Health to provide unmatched telehealth services for our members! Consumer protection and responsible gaming are top priorities for the entire team at PrizePicks. Today marks a continuation of that commitment as we innovate our responsible gaming practices.
PrizePicks Announces Responsible Gaming Collaboration with Kindbridge Behavioral Health
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The Esports Lab is now live! You can access educational resources, stream live matches, learn all things esports DFS and join the more than 1,000,000 PrizePicks members who have already built an esports lineup. 🚀 Read more from VentureBeat here! https://lnkd.in/eRR5yK-3
PrizePicks introduces esports education tool for fantasy sports fans
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PrizePicks reposted this
Had a great time in NYC at the Hashtag Sports Awards 🔥 We took home the industry award for “Best Use of Other Platform” with the PrizePicks Discord server 💪 Discord is truly becoming the premiere way to build community across social and we couldn’t have done it without our incredible Discord team (Noel John Alberto & Chris Hessian) + over 100+ moderators and ambassadors that keep our 450,000 person community moving. 1 year in at PrizePicks and we are up 700k new followers across social and we’re just getting started baby 🫡 LFG 💸
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PrizePicks reposted this
The PrizePicks family took home a big win at last week's Hashtag Sports Awards in New York City! We are thrilled to be recognized for The Fastest Growing Sports Community on Discord with over 400,000 members and growing .🚀
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Our Co-founder and CEO Adam Wexler sat down with Joe Pompliano to talk all things PrizePicks. Give it a listen on your evening walk, daily commute, weekend road trip, etc, you get it! https://lnkd.in/dWXmmGVb
PrizePicks Founder & Exec Chairman | 40U40 for the Atlanta Business Chronicle and Emerging Leaders of Gaming | Founder of Insightpool (acq by CISN) | Former Atlanta Hawks Consultant
Joe Pompliano has found a great niche covering the business of sports and uncovering all kinds of fascinating tidbits including behind-the-scenes stories about our dynamic industry. He's consistently been one of the more engaging writers/interviewers across the industry so it was an honor to be invited to share the PrizePicks journey for his latest episode. Touched on our 10-year "overnight success" story as well as previewed what's to come soon for 'Season 8' of PrizePicks. Check it out https://lnkd.in/gv-KjP9U
How PrizePicks Became North America’s Largest Daily Fantasy Sports Operator With CEO Adam Wexler
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The PrizePicks family took home a big win at last week's Hashtag Sports Awards in New York City! We are thrilled to be recognized for The Fastest Growing Sports Community on Discord with over 400,000 members and growing .🚀