Founder Profile
Jason Robins
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Jason Robins?
Jason Robins is a founder of DraftKings Inc., which was founded in 2012 with Matthew Kalish and Paul Liberman.
- Company founded
- DraftKings Inc.
- Founded
- 2012
- Co-founders
- Matthew Kalish and Paul Liberman
Background
Before DraftKings, Jason Robins worked in marketing analytics at Capital One and Vistaprint, experience in customer acquisition cost and lifetime value metrics that shaped how DraftKings spent on marketing.
Founding Story
Jason Robins is co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of DraftKings. He met Matthew Kalish and Paul Liberman at Vistaprint, launched DraftKings with them in 2012, led it through the 2015 fantasy-sports legal fights, moved it into sports betting after the 2018 PASPA ruling, and took it public in 2020. Under Robins the company acquired Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Jackpocket, Simplebet and Railbird and launched DraftKings Predictions in December 2025. Jason Robins was born in 1981.
Sources
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- DraftKings Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Feb 13, 2026) (DraftKings Inc.)
- DraftKings Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results (DraftKings Inc.)