Eric Baker

Eric H. Baker is an American businessman. He co-founded StubHub in 2000 and created Viagogo six years later. He is chief executive officer (CEO) of StubHub Holdings, Inc, which owns the two ticketing marketplaces.

Early life Baker was born and grew up in Los Angeles. Baker graduated from Harvard College in 1995, and received an MBA from Stanford Business School in 2001.

Career Baker worked for McKinsey & Company for two years, and then Bain Capital, a private equity firm in Boston. While Fluhr dropped out of Stanford to focus on StubHub full-time, Baker opted not to immediately join the company. While he was completing his MBA, the first version of the website launched without him in October 2000. He rejoined StubHub as its president in 2001. However, Baker and Fluhr clashed on the direction of the company and Baker was fired from StubHub in 2004.

In 2020, Viagogo completed its acquisition of StubHub out of eBay, with the combined company rebranding as StubHub and Baker as CEO. which was later renamed to StubHub Holdings, Inc. Baker is the CEO of StubHub Holdings, Inc.