Michael Rubin

Michael G. Rubin is the founder and CEO of Kynetic, an e-commerce services company. The company was recently valued at $1 billion.

Life and career

Rubin opened a ski-tuning shop in his parents’ basement when he was 13. He went on to create KPR sports, which dealt with athletic equipment closeouts and named after his parents initials and purchased 40% of the shoe company Ryka at 23-years old. At 38, Rubin sold his company GSI Commerce to eBay for $2.4 billion. He has been mentioned in The New York Times, and People Magazine. Forbes named him one of 2011’s “20 Most Powerful CEOs 40 and Under.”

In October 2011, Rubin, along with a 'lengthy list of others', bought a minority share in the Philadelphia 76ers.

He lives with his girlfriend CNN and CNBC anchor Nicole Lapin.

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