Dave Portnoy (from Twitter post)
Dave Portnoy, the founder and CEO of Barstool Sports, is hopping made with the company’s New York team and even went so far as to threaten to shut down the office entirely. Portnoy was angered by what he felt was a failed gimmick in the live broadcasting of Barstool employee Chris Klemmer staging in the company’s New York City office’s basement with no connection to the outside world for a measly 100 hours.
Who thinks these things up? 100 hours is just a few hours more than four days. Why would anyone think that such a thing would be exciting? Who wouldn’t have been thrilled to watch such excitement as Chris Klemmer sleeping on a couch? Apparently not Dave Portnoy.
Dave Portnoy decided to cut the live feed of Chris Klemmer sleeping.
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“And while we wait for the #klemmer stream to start again here is my reaction to finding out that the triumphant of Kelly Keegs, Kenjac and Gia had managed to leak an active link of Klemmer to the public for a few hours last night,” Dave Portnoy tweeted. “Safe to say I was not happy.”
“I may clean out the entire nyc office,” he threatened. “It’s one thing to not produce shit. It’s another thing to f–k my shit up.”
“I love the #klemmaholics claiming victory,” he added. “He literally saw our idiot camera man scurrying around like an idiot and knew it was still going and turned around and went back in. Too late. I know people want Alien Man to win but he lost. The second he left the room it was over.”
Founded in 2003 in Milton, Massachusetts, Barstool Sports is a digital media company that produces content focused on sports and pop-culture. Barstool Sports began as a small blog, but it quickly grew into one of the most popular sports websites in the world. The site is known for its irreverent humor and its coverage of a wide range of topics, including sports, pop culture, and current events.
Dave Portnoy bought back Barstool Sports last August for just $1 from Penn Entertainment, which had spent a total of $551 million in acquiring it. In 2019, Penn Entertainment paid Portnoy $163 million for a 36% stake in the firm. And then earlier this year it paid another $388 million for the rest of Barstool Sports. Penn unloaded Barstool because it expected the company to lose as much as $800 million.
Born on March 22, 1977, in Swampscott, Massachusetts, David Portnoy is an American businessman, blogger, and podcaster. He is the founder and owner of Barstool Sports, a sports and pop culture blog. Portnoy is known for his controversial and outspoken personality. He has been criticized for his comments about women and minorities, but he also has a large and loyal following.
