Amy Howe is an American gambling executive. She is currently the CEO of FanDuel.[1] She is a frequent evangelist of live entertainment.[2][3]
Early life and education
Howe was born in Eden, New York, a suburb of Buffalo.[4] There she attended Eden Junior / Senior High School. In 1994, Howe received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services from Cornell University.[5] In 1999 she received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing/Marketing Management from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School.[6]
Career
Howe began her career at Accenture as a business analyst in 1994. In 1997 she left Accenture to pursue her MBA. She then joined McKinsey & Company and worked her way up to partner over her 14 years with the company. She was recruited to Live Nation by CEO Michael Rapino[7] and joined the company as the chief strategy officer in 2014.
In 2015, Howe joined Ticketmaster North America as the COO.[8] In 2020 she left Ticketmaster.[9][10]
In 2015, she was named to Billboard's Women In Music 2015: The 50 Most Powerful Executives in the Industry list.[12] In 2016, she was named to Billboard's Women In Music 2016: The 100 Most Powerful Executives list.[13] In 2017, she was named to Billboard's Women in Music 2017: The Most Powerful Executives in the Industry list.[14] Howe was also nominated to the 2017 Sports Business Journal Game Changers list[15] and listed on the National Diversity Council's 2018 list of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology.[16]
Boards
Howe is one of the Live Nation executives that advise and mentor the companies selected by the Women Nation Fund,[17] an early-stage investment fund that invests in companies founded by women that provide a product or service in the live entertainment space.
