David Blitzer

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businessperson human investor sports team owner

David Blitzer is an American private equity investor and sports team owner known for his stakes in multiple professional franchises across basketball, hockey, soccer, and other leagues.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
David Blitzer canonical	3
David M. Blitzer	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2192037 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: David Blitzer
Context triple: [The Process, teamOwnerDuring, David Blitzer]

A. Andrew Weisblum
Andrew Weisblum is an American film editor known for his work on major feature films, including collaborations with directors like Darren Aronofsky and Wes Anderson.
B. Eric Rosenbaum
Eric Rosenbaum is an inventor and designer known for creating playful, creative technology tools that make it easy for people of all ages to experiment with electronics and interactive media.
C. Rich Kleiman
Rich Kleiman is an American sports agent and entrepreneur best known as Kevin Durant’s longtime business partner and co-founder of the sports and entertainment company Boardroom and the investment firm Thirty Five Ventures.
D. Jeremy Kleiner
Jeremy Kleiner is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed films such as the civil rights drama "Selma."
E. David Lubin
David Lubin was a Polish-born American merchant, agricultural reformer, and internationalist best known for pioneering global agricultural cooperation and helping lay the groundwork for modern organizations like the FAO.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: David Blitzer
Target entity description: David Blitzer is an American private equity investor and sports team owner known for his stakes in multiple professional franchises across basketball, hockey, soccer, and other leagues.

A. Andrew Weisblum
Andrew Weisblum is an American film editor known for his work on major feature films, including collaborations with directors like Darren Aronofsky and Wes Anderson.
B. Eric Rosenbaum
Eric Rosenbaum is an inventor and designer known for creating playful, creative technology tools that make it easy for people of all ages to experiment with electronics and interactive media.
C. Rich Kleiman
Rich Kleiman is an American sports agent and entrepreneur best known as Kevin Durant’s longtime business partner and co-founder of the sports and entertainment company Boardroom and the investment firm Thirty Five Ventures.
D. Jeremy Kleiner
Jeremy Kleiner is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed films such as the civil rights drama "Selma."
E. David Lubin
David Lubin was a Polish-born American merchant, agricultural reformer, and internationalist best known for pioneering global agricultural cooperation and helping lay the groundwork for modern organizations like the FAO.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ investor ⓘ sports team owner ⓘ
businessPartner	Josh Harris ⓘ
coFounderOf	Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
differentFrom	David Blitzer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: David M. Blitzer
educatedAt	University of Pennsylvania ⓘ Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
employer	Blackstone Inc. ⓘ
fieldOfWork	private equity ⓘ sports management ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
industry	finance ⓘ sports ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment ⓘ
notableFor	multi-club football ownership model ⓘ owning stakes in multiple North American sports franchises ⓘ
notableWork	co-founding Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment ⓘ
occupation	private equity investor ⓘ sports executive ⓘ
owns	AD Alcorcón ⓘ Alcorcón ⓘ Augsburg ⓘ Brøndby ⓘ surface form: Brøndby IF Cleveland Guardians minority stake ⓘ Crystal Palace F.C. ⓘ GD Estoril Praia ⓘ surface form: G.D. Estoril Praia New Jersey Devils ⓘ Philadelphia 76ers ⓘ Prudential Center ⓘ Real Salt Lake ⓘ Utah Royals FC ⓘ Waasland-Beveren ⓘ Washington Commanders minority stake ⓘ
positionHeld	Global Head of Tactical Opportunities at Blackstone ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ
sharesNameWith	David Blitzer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: David M. Blitzer
sportsDisciplineOwned	American football ⓘ association football ⓘ baseball ⓘ basketball ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Process → teamOwnerDuring → David Blitzer ⓘ

Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment → foundedBy → David Blitzer ⓘ

Real Salt Lake → owner → David Blitzer ⓘ

David Blitzer → sharesNameWith → David Blitzer self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: David M. Blitzer

David Blitzer → differentFrom → David Blitzer self-linksurface differs ⓘ