{{short description|American sports executive}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | image_size = | caption = | order = | office1 = | term_start1 = | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 = CEO and President of AEG | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = Tim Leiweke | successor3 = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | birth_name = | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = }} '''Dan Beckerman''' is the president and CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://csq.com/2015/08/dan-beckerman-he-shoots-he-scores/ | title=Dan Beckerman: He Shoots and He Scores | CSQ Magazine | date=August 7, 2015 }}</ref>
== Biography == === Formation === Beckerman has a master's degree in business administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from UCLA. A senior accountant at Arthur Anderson in Los Angeles, he specialized in corporate taxation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2013-mar-14-la-fi-mo-aeg-david-beckerman-20130314-story.html | title=Meet new AEG chief executive Dan Beckerman, longtime finance man | website=Los Angeles Times | date=March 14, 2013 }}</ref>
=== Career === Beckerman replaced Tim Leiweke as President and CEO of AEG executive<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-aeg-david-beckerman-20130314,0,6682427.story | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Ricardo | last=Lopez | title=Meet new AEG chief executive Dan Beckerman, longtime finance man | date=March 14, 2013}}</ref> The change in leadership was attributed by some analysts as a reaction to the failure AEG experienced in attracting serious bidders during the sale process and its inability securing an NFL occupant for the Farmers Field, a proposed stadium next to L.A. Live.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_22794729/anschutz-entertainment-group-calls-off-sale | work=Denver Post | first=Aldo | last=Svaldi | date=March 15, 2013 | title=Anschutz ends AEG sale as offers fall short}}</ref>
The vice president of finance for the Los Angeles Clippers for two seasons, Beckerman became the leading global sports and live-entertainment conglomerate associated with 150 venues for 100 million guests. Responsible for financial oversight, long-range planning and debt financing for the company's real estate projects, representing global investments of more than $5 billion, he served first for 16 years as chief operating officer and chief financial officer for AEG.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://labusinessjournal.com/news/dan-beckerman/ | title=Dan Beckerman | date=July 30, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/kings/la-sp-state-of-kings-20170127-story.html | title=Q&A with AEG President Dan Beckerman | website=Los Angeles Times | date=January 27, 2017 }}</ref> Beckerman serves on the Board of Governors for both MLS and the NHL and the board of directors for The Grammy Museum and UCLA's Anderson School of Management.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://milkeninstitute.org/events/gc19/speakers/38104 | title=| Milken Institute }}</ref>
=== Family === He lives in Los Angeles and has a wife, Annette, and two daughters, Olivia and Julia.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericfuller/2021/04/28/dan-beckerman-ceo-of-aeg-is-fired-up-its-go-time-for-live-entertainment/?sh=10f2d7906707 | title=Dan Beckerman, CEO of AEG is Fired up. It's Go Time for Live Entertainment | website=Forbes }}</ref>
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