DraftKings Inc.
Market Data Current As Of: August 17, 2026
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DraftKings Inc.
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Company History
Founded 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Launched from Paul Liberman's Watertown apartment in 2012 to offer daily fantasy baseball contests, DraftKings seized the watershed May 2018 Supreme Court repeal of PASPA to transform into a multi-billion dollar digital gaming leader.
Jason Robins is the co-founder, CEO, and Chairman of DraftKings. He led the company from its bootstrapped DFS origins through its 2020 public listing, the PASPA deregulation, and major M&A transactions including SBTech and Jackpocket.
Matt Kalish is the co-founder and President of DraftKings North America, directing product development, customer operations, retail sportsbooks, and marketing strategies.
Paul Liberman is the co-founder and President of Global Technology and Product at DraftKings, architecting the underlying platform and overseeing the SBTech migration.
Acquired proprietary sports betting engine and risk-management technology platform to vertically integrate operations.
Acquired leading standalone iGaming brand to capture high-margin online casino player demographics.
Acquired premier digital lottery courier app to access the massive $100B US lottery market.
DraftKings was founded in 2012 by Jason Robins, Matt Kalish, and Paul Liberman in Boston, Massachusetts.
DraftKings began as a daily fantasy baseball prototype built out of Paul Liberman's spare bedroom in Watertown, Massachusetts, while the founders worked at Vistaprint.
DraftKings launched the first legal mobile sportsbook outside of Nevada in New Jersey on August 1, 2018, following the Supreme Court repeal of PASPA.