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Portnoy: Barstool surpassed its 5-year $50M valuation target in six months

Dave Portnoy · Dave Portnoy: How He Bought Back Barstool for $1 | The All-In Interview · Sep 17, 2024 · at 8:10

Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, discusses the company's growth trajectory following its 2016 investment deal with The Chernin Group.

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“The original business plan said in five years, they wanted to sell it for like fifty million. That was the original business plan, and we got past that in like six months.”

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