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Nov 26, 2022 · Per Ticketmaster's website, they were soon joined by businessman Gordon Gunn III. Leffler coined the new company's name – Ticketmaster – and they were off. As The Los Angeles Times notes, Gadwa was a skilled computer programmer and Leffler was an event booking specialist.
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Gordon Gund (born October 15, 1939) is an American businessman and professional sports owner. He is the CEO of Gund Investment Corporation.
Ticketmaster was founded in Phoenix, Arizona by college staffers Albert Leffler and Peter Gadwa as well as businessman Gordon Gunn III. Albert comes up with Ticketmaster as the name for the new company: 1977: Electric Light Orchestra at the University of New Mexico is Ticketmaster's first ticketed concert: 1978
Apr 14, 2022 · Ticketmaster founders meeting circa 1976, from left: Coco Klinkenberg, a friend who Albert recruited as a model for brochure photos, Albert, Gordon Gunn III and Charlie Hamby, Ticketmaster’s first major investor. The three of us subsequently started meeting regularly and divvied up the tasks.
Jan 4, 2021 · Computer programmer Peter Gadwa, along with Albert Leffler (box office specialists) Gordon Gunn III, Thomas Hart Jr., Dan Reeter, and Jerry Nelson, founded Ticketmaster in Arizona in 1976. Initially, the company sold software for ticketing systems; then, in 1982, they switched their business model to computerized ticketing.
May 24, 2024 · In 1976, Albert Leffler, who worked at Arizona State University’s performing arts center, and Peter Gadwa, an IT staffer on the same campus, founded Ticketmaster with businessman Gordon Gunn...
Ticketmaster was founded in Phoenix, Arizona in 1976 by college staffers Peter Gadwa and Albert Leffler, Gordon Gunn III, as well as businessman Jerry Nelson. The company originally licensed computer programs and sold hardware for ticketing systems. Its first ticketed concert was Electric Light Orchestra, held at the University of New Mexico.
