Ishwara Glassman Chrein
Managing Director, Scientific Games
Ishwara Glassman Chrein is managing director, Scientific Games, the global leader in retail and digital products, technology and services that drive profits for government-sponsored lottery and sports betting programs.
She was previously President of the Chicago Fire Football Club, where she led all business operations and revenue creation for the Major League Soccer club. Before joining the Fire, she was the head of sports partnerships and business development at Yahoo Sports/Verizon Media. She began her career at McKinsey & Company and Lehman Brothers, before spending nine years at IMG Sports, most recently as SVP and Global Head of Sales Operations and Strategic Planning.
She graduated magna cum laude from Columbia with a degree in economics and political science and received her Master in International Affairs (International Finance and Business) from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.
Glassman Chrein earned Sports Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 award in 2020.
She lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her husband and two kids.
Education
- Master of International Affairs, International Finance and Business, Columbia University
- B.A., Economics and Political Science, Columbia University
Courses
- Sports Sponsorship and Sales
- Sports Revenue Strategies and Analysis
- Supervised Research Project: PWHL All-Star Game