Juan Delgado

CEO

Juan has been there from the beginning. In fact, if you don’t want the TL;DR, you can hear about Juan’s story and Footballco’s by watching the Excellent Leadership Podcast.

After getting his MBA from Imperial College, Juan’s career in sports media kicked off with PremiumTV back in 2007, which morphed into PERFORM Group, took Juan to New York (for a 12yr stint), went public on the London Stock Exchange and then private, shortly before launching DAZN in 2015. Throughout this rollercoaster, Juan ran the business’ ad funded division, later DAZN Media. In 2019 he took the role of Chief Ventures Officer at DAZN, focusing on selling assets and launching the streaming service via local joint ventures. In that process and with the creation of Footballco in 2020, Juan transitioned to lead the new company, sell a controlling stake to TPG and now oversees every aspect of Footballco’s global growth, helping to create the world’s leading football media company and plan for its further expansion.   

Outside the office
Juan’s interest in business extends beyond the office and can often be found with his head in a good business book. If he weren’t Footballco’s CEO, he’d love to be a trader (Wall Street, not market) - so he can see results faster

He’s also a self-diagnosed sports documentary junkie and loves a good burger - top tip; check out The Joint in Brixton or The Burger Joint in New York.