Gerry Cardinale is the Founder & Managing Partner of RedBird Capital Partners.
Founded in 2014, RedBird Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on building high-growth companies alongside entrepreneurs in its four areas of domain expertise: sports, media, consumer and financial services. To date, RedBird manages over $6 billion of capital on behalf of a highly curated group of blue-chip global institutional and family office investors. RedBird’s network of entrepreneurs is central to its investment sourcing and company-building strategy that helps founders achieve their business objectives and long-term vision. Since inception, RedBird has invested in over 30 platform companies and 80 add on acquisitions with total enterprise value exceeding $30 billion.
Prior to founding RedBird, Gerry spent 20 years at Goldman Sachs, serving as a Partner of the firm and a senior leader of the Merchant Bank's private equity investing business, which managed over $100 billion of private capital investments across equity, debt, real estate and infrastructure investment strategies....Gerry Cardinale is the Founder & Managing Partner of RedBird Capital Partners.
Founded in 2014, RedBird Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on building high-growth companies alongside entrepreneurs in its four areas of domain expertise: sports, media, consumer and financial services. To date, RedBird manages over $6 billion of capital on behalf of a highly curated group of blue-chip global institutional and family office investors. RedBird’s network of entrepreneurs is central to its investment sourcing and company-building strategy that helps founders achieve their business objectives and long-term vision. Since inception, RedBird has invested in over 30 platform companies and 80 add on acquisitions with total enterprise value exceeding $30 billion.
Prior to founding RedBird, Gerry spent 20 years at Goldman Sachs, serving as a Partner of the firm and a senior leader of the Merchant Bank's private equity investing business, which managed over $100 billion of private capital investments across equity, debt, real estate and infrastructure investment strategies.
During his tenure, Gerry worked with entrepreneurs and family business owners to build several successful multi-billion-dollar platform companies, including the Yankees Entertainment & Sports ("YES") Network, Legends Hospitality, and Suddenlink Communications.
Gerry currently sits on several boards across the RedBird investment portfolio, including Aethon United, Compass Datacenters, OneTeam Partners, RedBall Acquisition Corp, RedBird FC, RedBird QSR, Skydance Media, TierPoint, the Yankees Entertainment & Sports (“YES”) Network, and Zenith Shipping.
Philanthropically, Gerry is a Trustee of the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City and leads one of the multi-state Selection Committees that awards Rhodes Scholarships.moreless
The XFL announced a new, global multi-year agreement with The Walt Disney Company and ESPN, which includes exclusive broadcast rights for all gameday content, tentpole events and more, for its upcoming 2023 season through 2027.
RedBird Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on building high-growth companies alongside entrepreneurs in its four areas of domain expertise: sports, media, consumer and financial services. To date, RedBird manages over $6B of capital on behalf of a highly curated group of blue-chip global institutional and family office investors.
RedBird FC is a European football and analytics platform. Through this platform, RedBird deploys operating expertise and a data-analytics strategy in partnership with some of the top analytics-focused executives in sport. In July 2020, RedBird FC acquired control of Toulouse FC, a football club in Toulouse, France.
OneTeam Partners is a partnership with the Players Associations of the National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB). Its focus is on monetizing the Name, Image and Likeness (“NIL”) of each league's athletes.
Compass Datacenters is a developer and owner of wholesale build-to-suit data centers. Compass serves hyperscale cloud, software and enterprise customers.
Aethon United
Board of Directors
2015 - Present
Haynesville, TX, USA
Aethon is one of the largest independent, privately held upstream and midstream natural gas producers in the Haynesville area.
TierPoint is a leading data center operator and provider of IT infrastructure services operating over 40 locations in the US. Its focus is hybrid cloud solutions, managed services and retail colocation.
The YES Network is the #1 Regional Sports Network in the US. It holds the exclusive local media rights of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, Major League Soccer’s New York City FC, and the WNBA’s New York Liberty
Yankee Global Enterprises
Board of Directors
2001 - Present
New York, NY, USA
Yankee Global Enterprises is the corporate holding company of the New York Yankees and its affiliated businesses
The Rhodes Scholarship was first awarded in 1902 and is the oldest, and one of the most prestigious, international scholarship programmes. It enables outstanding young people from all around the world to study at the University of Oxford.
The Mount Sinai Health System is a healthcare network that consists of eight campuses based in the New York Metropolitan area. It was established in 2013 as a collaborative effort between Mount Sinai Medical Center and Continuum Health Partners.
The XFL announced a new, global multi-year agreement with The Walt Disney Company and ESPN, which includes exclusive broadcast rights for all gameday content, tentpole events and more, for its upcoming 2023 season through 2027.
The Fenway Sports Group announced Wednesday “a significant investment in the Group by RedBird Capital Partners,” who are joined in the venture by LeBron James and Maverick Carter. The investment by RedBird into FSG is based on an enterprise valuation for FSG of $7.35 billion. RedBird is headed by founder and managing partner Gerry Cardinale.
For this Sportico Live event, Alex Rodriguez and Gerry Cardinale have a discussion with Sportico's Scott Soshnick about ARod's attempt to buy the Mets and Gerry's advice to the next generation of young entrepreneurs.
Gerry Cardinale joins the Are You Not Entertained podcast to discuss Redbird's portfolio of global investments in sports, including those in professional sports leagues and sports content & technology, sports financing, and his view of where the sports world is heading in 2022.
Gerry Cardinale of RedBird Capital shares his expertise as an elite athlete and a successful investor, and discusses sports franchise investment in a post-COVID world.
Redbird Capital Partners was named one of the 50 Best Private Equity Firms for Entrepreneurs in Inc. magazine's annual list. This list recognizes PE Firms that support founder-led companies as they grow and find their place in the marketplace.
Gerry Cardinale, Founder and Managing Partner of RedBird Capital Partners, was honored as the most influential businessperson in the Sponsors & Dealmakers category. SBJ highlighted Redbird's recent acquisition of the XFL with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Dany Garcia and the firm's 85% stake in French soccer club Toulouse FC.
Gerry Cardinale of RedBird Capital joined this Sportico online event to discuss NFL Valuations. The event was held in conjunction with the release of the Sportico's first NFL Valuations Report and featured some of the NFL’s most accomplished executives on the business of football.
RedBird Capital's Gerry Cardinale participated on a panel titled "Financing the Future: How Sport's Next Decade Will Be Funded" at the 2020 Leaders in Sports Business Summit in Abu Dhabi.
Managing Partner of RedBird Capital, Gerry Cardinale covers a broad array of topics, including his pivotal role in establishing the YES network and Legends Hospitality, controlled by the New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys. He also touches upon team valuations and the best investment options in professional sports.
