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Jonathan Perlman

Jonathan Perlman

Managing Partner at Graham Sports & Entertainment Partners (GSE Partners), a sports-focused private equity firm.

Aug 7, 2026

32:36
I think everyone's familiar with Moneyball, but what are some opportunities that private equity can utilize with data and analytics to enhance their companies?
32:45
I think this conversation's really interesting.
32:50
One of the things I think has to be done is you separate, when you think about sports, there's a professional game and then there's everything else, right? And so if you want to buy into a Major League Baseball team, call Matt and he'll find your way in.
33:03
It's a fairly small sub-segment of people that can and want to do that.
33:09
When you think about the rest of the sports, one of the areas that we're quite keen on is the data side of things.
33:19
Both on-field, off-field, performance-wise, selling tickets, everything else, you see that at the highest levels of the game.
33:26
I mentioned earlier, I'm involved with a soccer football team in Italy, soccer team in Italy.

5 MINS LATER

38:48
And Jonathan, how do you guys think about your hold periods? Are they longer than kind of traditional private equity? I mean, what have you shared with your LPs?

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