Sam Porter co-owns Club Necaxa in Mexico, Club Equidad (to be renamed Internacional de Bogota in 2026) in Colombia, and the Brooklyn Pickleball Team in Major League Pickleball. Club Necaxa is the subject of a new docu-series with high-profile executive producers. Investment groups around these teams include recognizable celebrity and industry figures such as Ryan Reynolds, Rob Mac, and Eva Longoria. Porter compares assembling a business ownership team to assembling The Avengers, emphasizing diverse skill sets and shared risk and upside. Porter identifies negotiation as a core talent he developed and refined through law school.
He says building a great business team is like assembling The Avengers. Porter says that team ownership used to involve small groups of incredibly wealthy people, but now it could involve "a couple of dozen" people who all bring a certain expertise to the table. One could be a finance guy, another a real estate person, and another a celebrity who helps magnify the message. "We all come together and we all share the risk and the upside."
The investment groups he leads involve lots of recognizable names in the team ownership game - like Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac and Eva Longoria - so I spoke with Sam to discover why soccer is, ahem, scoring with so many investors these days and to get his game plan for success. You can watch our conversation here or listen to it below. And read on for three success takeaways.
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