Shelly Finkel

Music, Entertainment & Sports Marketing

Shelley Finkel is the Chairman of Strategy and Development of SFX, a leading producer of live events, media and entertainment content, focused exclusively on electronic music culture. Previously, Finkel was Chairman and CEO of Sagebrush Gold Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Empire Sports & Entertainment Holdings Co., an entertainment company that promoted and produced live music and entertainment shows, and sporting events around the world.

Widely known as a boxing and music manager and promoter, Finkel managed and promoted boxing fighters from 1980 until 2010. He was selected by the Boxing Writers Association of America as manager of the year in 1990 and 1993. In June 2010, he was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame. From 2006 to 2010, Finkel was the President of Shelly Finkel Management Inc., a business specializing in the management of professional fighters, including world-class boxers such as Mike Tyson, Manny Pacquiao, Evander Holyfield, Meldrick Taylor, Pernell Whitaker, Michael Moorer, Mike McCallum, and many, many more. In addition, he handled a number of business ventures for boxing heavyweight fighters Vitali and Wladmir Klitschko.

Prior to his career in boxing, Finkel was a music manager, producing the Watkins Glen Summer Jam concert, which featured the Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers and the Band.