Gerry Cardinale
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Founder, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer
New York, US
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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In Their Own Right
Biography
Gerry Cardinale is the Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of RedBird Capital Partners, a private investment firm he established in 2014 to build high-growth companies alongside leading entrepreneurs across sports, media and entertainment, consumer and financial services. RedBird manages approximately $14 billion of capital on behalf of a curated group of global institutional and family office investors. Since inception, the firm has invested in more than 30 platform companies and completed over 80 add-on acquisitions representing total enterprise value exceeding $60 billion.
RedBird’s portfolio includes iconic properties, brands and founders such as Fenway Sports Group, Paramount Skydance, Artists Equity, A.C. Milan, the Yankees Entertainment & Sports (YES) Network and the United Football League. The firm has also been an active investor in financial services, deploying over $1.8 billion across insurance, insurance distribution, and asset and wealth management through platforms including Arax, Bishop Street, and Obra.
Prior to founding RedBird, Cardinale spent 20 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was a Partner and senior leader in the Merchant Banking Division’s private equity business, overseeing investments across multiple asset classes. He worked with entrepreneurs and family businesses to create several multi-billion-dollar companies, including the YES Network, Legends Hospitality and Suddenlink Communications.
Cardinale serves on several portfolio company boards and is a Trustee of the Mount Sinai Health System and the U.S. Rowing Foundation. His philanthropy focuses on education, healthcare and international development. He holds an Honors BA from Harvard University, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and an M.Phil from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
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Background
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2013 — Present
Founder, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer
RedBird Capital Partners
RedBird Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on building high-growth companies in partnership with leading entrepreneurs and rightsholders in each of its core ecosystems – Sports, Media & Entertainment, and Financial Services.
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1992 — 2012
Partner
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs is a global financial services company that focuses on the areas of investment banking, investment management and securities.
In The News
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9 June 2026 · Time Magazine
Time | The 100 Most Influential People in Sports 2026 | Gerry Cardinale
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20 March 2026 · Financial Times
RedBird founder Gerry Cardinale: ‘We’re putting our money where our mouth is’
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8 December 2025 · Sports Business Journal
Influence 125: Gerry Cardinale, RedBird Capital Partners
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8 October 2025 · Barron's
Italian Govt Grants AC Milan's US Owner Italian Citizenship
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21 September 2025 · The Telegraph
Tony Blair’s billionaire ally shifting the world’s media to the Right
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9 August 2025 · Fortune
RedBird Capital’s $2 billion power play: Meet Gerry Cardinale, the private equity kingmaker
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22 July 2025 · The Telegraph
Laws to allow UAE stake in The Telegraph approved by Lords
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26 June 2025 · Deadline
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon & Gerry Cardinale’s Artists Equity Inks Theatrical Pact With Sony Pictures
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29 May 2025 · CNBC
CNBC Sport: Pro sports team valuations are in a ‘bubble,’ says RedBird’s Gerry Cardinale
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23 May 2025 · Financial Times
Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird to buy Telegraph newspaper in £500mn deal
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23 May 2025 · The Telegraph
Telegraph to be sold to RedBird Capital
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9 July 2024 · Bloomberg
Paramount Merger Is Latest Prize for RedBird Dealmaker Cardinale
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10 June 2024 · Fortune
Former Goldman banker backing Skydance’s $8 billion bid for Paramount was schooled in IP by Bob Ig
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22 May 2024 · Wall Street Journal
College Sports Is About to Turn Pro. Private Equity Wants In.
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17 May 2024 · Wall Street Journal
RedBird Banks $4.7 Billion for Dealmaking
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30 March 2024 · Yahoo! Finance
The American sports tycoon who wants to build Yankee Stadium in Milan may have found his nemesis
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29 February 2024 · Financial Times
AC Milan owner Gerry Cardinale pledges to build new stadium in city
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18 February 2024 · Financial Times
‘The one thing I’ve always had is deal flow’: RedBird’s Gerry Cardinale
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16 January 2024 · GQ
So, You Want to Buy a Pro Sports Team? Here’s How
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31 December 2023 · Yahoo! News
Combined XFL and USFL to be Called UFL, Will Air Games on Fox and ESPN Platforms Starting in 2024
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16 October 2023 · NAIF
NIAF Gala Celebrates Italic Excellence with Distinguished Guests & Surprise Presidential Appearance
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13 September 2023 · Sportico
Sportico’s Invest In Sports Conference Set for Oct. 11 in NYC
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28 March 2023 · NFL
NFL, RedBird Capital Partners form new venture to deliver Sunday Ticket to commercial establishments
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24 March 2023 · Sportico
With ‘Air,’ Gerry Cardinale is Ready for His Close-Up
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10 March 2023 · MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
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29 December 2022 · Insider
How Gerry Cardinale became the go-to dealmaker for the likes of the Yankees, AC Milan & Ben Affleck
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1 December 2022 · The New York Times
The New York Times DealBook Summit
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20 November 2022 · The New York Times
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to Start Film Production Company
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31 August 2022 · Sportico
New York Yankees Investing in AC Milan as Part of RedBird Ownership Group
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10 June 2022 · Financial Times
AC Milan’s new owners bet they can top miracle season
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7 April 2022 · Bloomberg
RedBird Capital Partners’ Cardinale on Investing in Sports
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7 March 2022 · The Boston Globe
What’s Fenway Sports Group’s next move? Gerry Cardinale believes an NBA team is ‘a top priorit
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14 October 2021 · New York Times
LeBron James’s SpringHill sells a minority stake to a group led by RedBird
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Formative Years
Education
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University of Oxford
Rhodes Scholar, M.Phil in Politics & Political Theory
1989 — 1991
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Harvard University
AB with Honors, magna cum laude
1985 — 1989
Areas Of Focus