Rich Kleiman

[1][2][3][4] Forbes has called Kleiman a visionary with an "established track records in starting companies, investing in emerging brands and in disrupting existing markets.

[7][8] In 2008, Wale introduced Kleiman to a then 19-year old Kevin Durant, who had recently won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, at a Jay-Z concert at Madison Square Garden.

[7] At Roc Nation Sports, Kleiman also worked with athletes such as Victor Cruz, CC Sabathia, Skylar Diggins-Smith and Robinson Canó.

[8][9][10] Kleiman's career in entertainment began at Radical Media, where he was a music supervisor, as well as a producer on projects such as Jay-Z's feature-length documentary Fade To Black.

Boardroom was launched in 2019 and includes editorial, video, social media content, daily newsletters and podcasts by Kleiman and Durant.

[2][24][25] Kleiman and Durant media projects under the Boardroom umbrella include the Academy Award-winning Two Distant Strangers (Netflix), the scripted series Swagger (by Apple TV+) and the 2022 Showtime documentary NYC Point Gods.