Textor claims to have grown up in a middle-class family in the Palm Beach area in Florida whilst spending his summers working for freight delivery companies.

[7] According to Craig Snyder's A Secret History of the Ollie, [page 464 ] Textor was said to have been "one of the few who surpassed [multiple world champion] Rodney Mullen in freestyle competition during" the late 1970s".

Textor resigned as CEO at the time of the merger, with BabyUniverse stock trading at its all-time high of $12.00 per share, having nearly tripled from its low in February of that same year.

[38] The Supreme Court of New York and the Inspector General of the State of Florida cleared Textor of any financial wrongdoing,[39][40] and The Athletic reported that he had received a settlement from the hedge fund that caused the collapse.

[41][42] The settlement awarded Textor $8.5 million in financial damages and assigned all technology assets of Digital Domain's Florida studio.

[43][44] "a technology-driven intellectual property company engaged in the development and promotion of human likeness technologies" and, in 2020, he bought sports streaming platform fuboTV, merging the two businesses before floating them on the New York Stock Exchange as FuboTV Inc.[41][46] In late 2013, Textor organized a group of former Digital Domain employees to create Pulse Evolution Corporation.

[52] Fubo claimed that the merger expanded the organization's presence in the over-the-top television industry[53][54] In April 2020, Textor completed the acquisition of fuboTV Media.

[59][60] FuboTV grew rapidly in value as a public company, moving from the over-the-counter market, to the New York Stock Exchange, to the Russell 3000 index in only nine months.

[61] In August 2021, Textor invested £86million for 40% ownership in Crystal Palace Football Club,[62] joining Steve Parish, Josh Harris, and David Blitzer as co-owner.

[64][65] In 2024, Textor criticized UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations and the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules for allegedly preventing smaller clubs from challenging for titles.

[66] In January 2022, Textor signed a binding offer to purchase 90% ownership in Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas SAF, a football club in Brazil.

[68][69] On December 19, 2022, The Financial Times reported that Textor had acquired a 77.49% stake in the club through his investment vehicle, Eagle Football Holdings.