Eric Johnson joined EGF as CEO in early 2020 after partnering with the organisation as Consulting CRO during a phase of tremendous growth. Eric is also the Founder & CEO of WON WORLDWIDE, a global sports media and entertainment revenue venture firm that specialises in revenue creation and strategies to drive value between marketers, sports leagues, teams, media owners, digital content/social distribution and via athletes/influences.
Prior to founding WON, Eric spent 18+ years at ESPN where in the role of EVP, Global Advertising Revenue and Sales Operations, he directly led a 400 person team dedicated to growing a nearly $4 billion advertising business for all ESPN media platforms globally, including television, OTT/streaming, digital, mobile, app, programmatic/automation, radio, audio, magazine, regional syndication, local, sponsorship activation and events.