Drone Racing League announces Rachel Jacobson as President

Drone Racing League announces Rachel Jacobson as President. Jacobson, who was the NBA's SVP of Global Partnerships prior to becoming the president of the professional Pro Sports League. The can surely use more women in top positions, so this is something to get excited about.

Drone Racing League announces Rachel Jacobson as President

The Drone Racing League (DRL), the global, professional drone racing circuit, announced today the hire of Rachel Jacobson as President, one of the only women presidents at a professional sports league. The former NBA SVP of Global Partnerships joins DRL as the high-speed sport experiences skyrocketing fan engagement and soaring viewership.

From hosting live competitions and global esports tournaments to broadcasting and streaming thrilling races on premier international networks like NBC, Twitter and Weibo, DRL has seen an uptick of nearly 200% average viewership, 90% increased virtual drone racing participation, and 60% fanbase growth across social media over the past year. Jacobson will help continue to scale DRL and develop landmark opportunities to engage league partners with more than 250 million global fans.

“Leaders across the sports and tech industries love and respect Rachel — she's tenacious, strategic and laser focused on delivering ROI for partners, and we're excited for her to join the league,” said DRL CEO and Founder, Nicholas Horbaczewski.

In her new role, Jacobson will spearhead global partnerships and media rights deals, and lead the marketing and business development teams, bringing to DRL her legacy of creating transformative partnerships with leading sports and technology brands. Jacobson spent 21 years at the NBA, where she closed nearly $1 billion in partnership sales and earned numerous accolades including Sports Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Award. Most recently, Jacobson was the Chief Business Development Officer at Landit, the market leader in personalized career pathing technology to increase the success and engagement of women and diverse groups in the workplace. At Landit, she brought in blue chip customers and created talent management programming and initiatives across global organizations.

Jacobson's background of accelerating innovative properties into high-growth companies led her to DRL. Under Jacobson, DRL will drive partners' businesses forward through adrenaline-filled drone races, virtual tournaments and exhilarating digital content that make DRL the Sport of the Future.

“I am incredibly excited to join the as President, and look forward to integrating new global partners into the thrilling sport of professional drone racing. Blending the digital with the real, DRL is known as a real-life video game and takes everything I love about traditional sports and intersects it with cutting edge technology, innovative storytelling, and esports competition to engage the next generation of fans,” said DRL President, Rachel Jacobson.

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