Sheldon "Shelly" Finkel was born on June 27,1944 and is an American boxing and music promoter.
18 Facts About Shelly Finkel
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Shelly Finkel was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Shelly Finkel was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish family.
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Shelly Finkel continued with odd jobs including as a salesman for a photocopier company.
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Shelly Finkel later began a computer dating service and landed his first music promotion job while handing out flyers outside the dance club Action House.
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Shelly Finkel started his music career through Action House nightclub in 1967 where famous bands such as Cream and The Doors performed.
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Shelly Finkel promoted shows with The Doors, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and the Chambers Brothers.
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Shelly Finkel created with partner Jimmy Koplik Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, which drew a record crowd of 600,000 to see the performance of the Allman Brothers Band, The Band and Grateful Dead.
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Shelly Finkel managed acts such as Vanilla Fudge and Mountain, before moving into boxing in the late 1970s.
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Shelly Finkel began his professional boxing career in 1980, when he helped several Golden Gloves fighters turn pro.
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Shelly Finkel organized Howard Stern's Miss Howard Stern New Year's Eve, which was one of the most profitable nonsports pay per view events in history.
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Shelly Finkel joined New York based sports and entertainment company, The Empire, as CEO after leaving boxing.
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Shelly Finkel announced that The Empire would work to become an entertainment company known for promoting the best events in the concert.
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Since leaving the Empire in 2012, Shelly Finkel founded SFX Entertainment with Robert Sillerman and took on many roles in the company from President to Vice Chairman.
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When SFX restructured in 2016 and emerged with a new name LiveStyle Shelly Finkel remained in his role and continues to be one of the leading EDM promoters, in his position as Chairman, Strategy and Entertainment.
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Shelly Finkel received the Boxing Writers Association of America Manager of the Year award in 1990 and 1993.
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Shelly Finkel was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2010.
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In 2015 Shelly Finkel was inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame.