Amy Howe

This article is about the gambling executive. For the lawyer and journalist, see SCOTUSblog.

Amy Howe is an American gambling executive. She is currently the CEO of FanDuel.^[1] She is a frequent evangelist of live entertainment.^[2][3]

Amy Howe
Born	Eden, New York
Alma mater	Cornell University (BS) University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
Occupation	CEO of FanDuel
Spouse	Steve Howe ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	3

Early life and education

Howe was born in Eden, New York, a suburb of Buffalo.^[4] There she attended Eden Junior / Senior High School. In 1994, Howe received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services from Cornell University.^[5] In 1999 she received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing/Marketing Management from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School.^[6]

Career

Howe began her career at Accenture as a business analyst in 1994. In 1997 she left Accenture to pursue her MBA. She then joined McKinsey & Company and worked her way up to partner over her 14 years with the company. She was recruited to Live Nation by CEO Michael Rapino^[7] and joined the company as the chief strategy officer in 2014.

In 2015, Howe joined Ticketmaster North America as the COO.^[8] In 2020 she left Ticketmaster.^[9][10]

In 2021, Amy was appointed as CEO of FanDuel.^[11]

Honors

In 2015, she was named to Billboard's Women In Music 2015: The 50 Most Powerful Executives in the Industry list.^[12] In 2016, she was named to Billboard's Women In Music 2016: The 100 Most Powerful Executives list.^[13] In 2017, she was named to Billboard's Women in Music 2017: The Most Powerful Executives in the Industry list.^[14] Howe was also nominated to the 2017 Sports Business Journal Game Changers list^[15] and listed on the National Diversity Council's 2018 list of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology.^[16]

Boards

Howe is one of the Live Nation executives that advise and mentor the companies selected by the Women Nation Fund,^[17] an early-stage investment fund that invests in companies founded by women that provide a product or service in the live entertainment space.