Management Team

David Gandler was appointed as our CEO and director in April 2020. Gandler is the co-founder of fuboTV, the live TV streaming platform that is transforming how people watch sports, news and entertainment, and has served as its CEO since January 2015. Under Gandler’s leadership, fuboTV has quickly evolved into a leading virtual MVPD with a focus on innovation.

fuboTV launched in 2015 as a streaming soccer service and today is a sports-focused cable TV replacement for the entire family. In April 2020, fuboTV closed a merger with FaceBank Group, Inc. to create a leading digital entertainment company, combining fuboTV’s direct-to-consumer live TV streaming platform for cord-cutters with FaceBank’s technology-driven IP in sports, movies and live performances. Through the merger, fuboTV began trading on the OTCQB and intends to uplist to a major stock exchange in the coming months.

Popular with cord-cutters, fuboTV is consistently first to market across a number of areas including product and technology (first and still only vMVPD to stream in 4K), advertising (launched dynamic ad insertion in January 2018 ahead of most competitors) and content (distribution agreements with 100+ channels and 770+ local network stations in 99% of the U.S.; its own fubo Sports Network with original programming). Forbes named fuboTV to its Next Billion Dollar Startups list in 2019.

Prior to founding fuboTV, Gandler had a prolific advertising career with more than 15 years of video sales in local broadcast and cable TV within both the general and Hispanic market, including at Scripps Networks Interactive, Time Warner Cable Media Sales and NBCUniversal’s Telemundo Media.

David has been named among Goldman Sachs’ 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs (2019), Variety’s Dealmakers (2020, 2019) and Broadcasting & Cable’s Power 100 (2017). He is frequently quoted in major publications and has been a featured speaker at leading industry and banking conferences.

Alberto Horihuela is co-founder and chief marketing officer of fuboTV, the sports-focused live TV streaming platform that's redefining the way cord cutters view live sports, news and entertainment. As CMO, he is responsible for driving the company’s overall marketing vision, from brand positioning to subscriber acquisition, engagement and retention.

Horihuela oversees a growing marketing team that utilizes a mix of best-in-class activities, ranging from digital marketing to TV, radio, print, and direct mail, along with an integrated communications strategy that includes social media, public relations and advertising. Through these collective efforts, the company – which successfully launched as a streaming soccer service in January 2015 – has evolved into a growing, leading virtual MVPD with over 315,000 customers as of December 2019. In April 2020, fuboTV merged with FaceBank Group, Inc. to create a leading digital entertainment company.

Prior to co-founding fuboTV, Horihuela was head of Latin America for SVOD service DramaFever (later acquired by Softbank and a part of Warner Bros. Digital Networks).

Horihuela is a serial entrepreneur, having also co-founded Primerad Network, where he was also CEO of this leading digital video ad network specializing in U.S. Hispanic markets, connecting brands to this audience via premium video publishers; and Dokarta, which helped local Chicago dining, health & beauty businesses attract customers during slower business periods via hyper-local and real-time deals. Formerly he also worked as an economist and analyst, with positions at Morgan Stanley and DeMatteo Monness.

Horihuela is trilingual (English, Spanish and Portuguese) and graduated from the University of Chicago in 2009 with a BA in Economics. He was named to the Multichannel News 40 Under 40 list in 2016.

Simone Nardi is chief financial officer of fuboTV, the live TV streaming platform that is transforming how people watch sports, news and entertainment.

As CFO, Nardi leads all financial operations and strategy for fuboTV. He joined fuboTV at a pivotal moment as it merged with FaceBank Group, Inc. to build a leading digital entertainment company. FaceBank was traded on the OTCQB, making fuboTV a public company upon closure of the merger in April 2020. Nardi is currently leading the combined company through an uplisting to a major stock exchange, which is anticipated for summer 2020.

Prior to fuboTV, Nardi served as SVP and CFO, international for Scripps Networks Interactive, the number one producer of lifestyle content around the world. In this role, Nardi was responsible for all finance and strategic planning for the company’s international business across Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America. He played a key role in the transformational $2 billion acquisition and integration of TVN S.A., the leading media company in Poland, including its delisting from the Warsaw Stock Exchange and the refinancing of its $1 billion debt. In this role, Nardi was also responsible for leading the Company’s international program licensing business and coordinating branding, marketing, technical operations and digital outside of the U.S. He was also a member of the board of directors of Scripps’ joint ventures with the BBC in the UK and with Corus Entertainment in Canada.

Previously, Nardi served as SVP and CFO for NBC Universal’s international channels and television production businesses where he helped build and grow the international TV production operation for NBC Universal, green-lighting and monetizing key franchises like Downton Abbey. Previously, he served as CFO of NBC Universal’s business development division in New York, where he assumed a lead role in launching Hulu.

Nardi joined General Electric in Italy in 1998 as part of GE Industrial Systems. He then relocated to the United States, where he completed the GE Financial Management Program. In 2001, he joined the GE Corporate Audit Staff Executive Leadership Program, where he progressed over four years to the rank of senior audit manager and led several projects across multiple teams in all GE divisions in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia, including the $2 billion spin-off and IPO of Genworth Financial Inc.

Nardi earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, where he graduated summa cum laude. He currently resides in New York City with his wife and their two sons.

Geir Magnusson Jr. is chief technology officer of fuboTV, the sports-first live TV streaming platform in the U.S.

As CTO, Magnusson sets the company’s technical strategy and focus on scaling out systems and infrastructure that ensure the platform continues to be ready for future growth, and he drives development of critical differentiating technologies in the areas of personalization, machine learning and video technology. He is also responsible for rolling out future, patent-pending technologies.

Magnusson is tasked with accelerating the pace of fuboTV’s tech development and operations and building on the already-strong technology powering the streaming platform. The independent start-up continues to defy the odds by successfully going head-to-head with major companies competing in the live streaming space. In July 2018, fuboTV became the first virtual MVPD to launch 4K HDR Beta, ahead of rivals owned by media and technology giants such as AT&T, Alphabet, DISH Network and Sony. Additionally, the company was among the first virtual MVPDs to launch Cloud DVR, 60FPS picture quality and in-app billing, and was the first to fully implement SCTE 224 blackout technology standards. In January 2018, after several months of testing, fuboTV officially launched dynamic ad insertion – ahead of Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV.

Magnusson brings three decades of experience leading product and engineering for some of the US’s largest software companies and hot tech startups. Prior to joining fuboTV in 2018, Magnusson co-founded Sourcepoint Technologies in 2015 and was its chief technology officer until 2017. He previously spent two years at AppNexus, most recently as chief technology officer.

Previously, Magnusson held senior positions at Gilt Groupe, 10gen (now MongoDB), Joost Technologies, Intel Corp. and Bloomberg, among others. He earned both his MS and BS from The Johns Hopkins University.

Gina DiGioia Sheldon is general counsel at fuboTV, the live TV streaming platform that is transforming how people watch sports, news and entertainment.

As fuboTV’s first in-house general counsel, Sheldon oversees all legal matters for the company, including financings, acquisitions and corporate governance. She also works closely with the fuboTV business teams in supporting business affairs and commercial activities. As a member of the executive management team, Sheldon plays a critical role shaping fuboTV’s internal legal function and helping define the company’s strategy.

Prior to joining fuboTV in 2020, Sheldon was U.S. general counsel and chief operations officer for Fiizy, a global technology company with products serving financial vertical markets in Europe and Latin America. Previously, she held general counsel positions with various public and private media companies, including Defy Media, a digital content media company, and Alloy, a multimedia advertising and marketing company, where, as lead counsel, she was instrumental in both corporate and commercial transactions. Sheldon also has experience in private practice as a senior associate of Grant, Herrmann, Schwartz & Klinger. She began her career as an apprentice with the U.S. Department of State at the U.S. Embassy in Rome.