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Dana Frederick White Jr. is an American businessman who is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a global mixed martial arts organization. In 2025, White's net worth was estimated at over $600 million by Forbes.
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Born 29 July 1969 · Q660297
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Zero interference. Less than zero. He checks in every day. All good? Yes. No. Whatever it may be. Couldn’t have been a more perfect guy. Because obviously the key to this thing was keeping me around. Couldn’t have a better guy to keep me around for. I love working with him.
My younger son is super aggressive in everything. He’s a really good snowboarder. He’s a really good skateboarder. Pretty much everything that kid does, he’s very good at it. All sports just come really naturally to him. So does fighting. This was his thing.
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“Zero interference. Less than zero. He checks in every day. All good? Yes. No. Whatever it may be. Couldn’t have been a more perfect guy. Because obviously the key to this thing was keeping me around. Couldn’t have a better guy to keep me around for. I love working with him.”
“My younger son is super aggressive in everything. He’s a really good snowboarder. He’s a really good skateboarder. Pretty much everything that kid does, he’s very good at it. All sports just come really naturally to him. So does fighting. This was his thing.”
“The minute you think that to yourself, you’re not a real fighter.”
“At that time of your life, that’s the deal you signed and that’s what you did. Just like me. I’ve got spots all over my head. Who the ... am I going to blame? Me, that’s who I’m going to blame. I did it because I wanted to do it.”
“Peter and I were ahead of that whole thing. We had businessmen and housewives coming in and paying us nicely to train them.”
“No, I want the [expletive] Boston Garden, OK?”
“s gossip columnist, that he won nearly $2 million gambling at the Palms since March. And, as a result he said, the Palms has dramatically cut the amount of White”
“t want to gamble anymore. They”
“not a political guy at all, not even a little bit”
“standing for the national anthem .”
“We had dinner for three hours, and then he personally toured my wife and I around the White House.”
“Donald Trump was the first guy to say, ‘We’ll do the fights here.’ Trump gave us our first shot over at [Taj Mahal], and then when we left and went to a bigger arena at the Meadowlands, he was one of the first guys there in his seat.”
“I have to have surgery in L.A. tomorrow or trust me I would be [there].”
“If it were possible for me in any way, I”
“Then, you remember that press conference [after UFC 141] where I was holding the podium? I was feeling terrible and things were spinning around.”
“No arenas wanted us. This guy reached out, and he”
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“got kicked out of Gorman twice”
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Yardbarker: Dana White, Jon Anik React as Din Thomas Faces Backlash for Gillian Robertson Comments During Retirement Announcement
Newsweek: Dana White Rips Ian Machado Garry for ‘Lack of Killer Instinct’ at UFC 330
Yahoo Sports: Dana White on Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua saga: ‘This fight should have happened 10 years ago’
MMA Junkie: Dana White: Ian Machado Garry's lack of 'killer instinct' cost him
USA TODAY: Dana White reveals what drives him 'crazy' after UFC 330 main event
Bleacher Report: Dana White Rips Machado Garry's Lack of 'Killer Instinct' After UFC 330, 'Drives Me F--king Crazy'
Yahoo Sports: Dana White, Islam Makhachev puzzled by Ian Machado Garry's show of respect during UFC 330 title fight
Yardbarker: Dana White Confirms UFC 330 Broke Venue Record by $2 Million Margin
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“[f]or the first time ever, fans in the US will have access to all UFC content without a Pay-Per-View model.”
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When the ESPN contract expires, White said the deal would mean "[f]or the first time ever, fans in the US will have access to all UFC content without a Pay-Per-View model
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“s General Entertainment Authority, to create a new boxing league named Zuffa Boxing, modeled after the UFC. The UFC”
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White's net worth was estimated at over $600 million by Forbes
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White co-founded Zuffa Boxing, a professional boxing organization of which he serves as promoter
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The Quint rated the claim “Former US President Donald Trump attended a UFC match with Dana White shortly after being shot.” False.
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White donated $50,000 towards the support of victims affected by the attempted assassination of former president Donald J
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That he plays high-stakes baccarat, and wagers up to $350,000 per hand at Caesars Palace
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White promoted a card featuring Irish boxer Callum Walsh which was streamed on UFC Fight Pass
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“I was in Cabo, relaxing having fun. That ruined my fun. Ruined my whole trip.”
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White stated in 2023: "I don't believe in much, but I believe in karma for some reason.
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Following a reorganization of the ownership structure into TKO Group Holdings
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White became a co-owner of Thrill One Sports & Entertainment, which owns the properties of Nitro Circus, Nitrocross, and Street League Skateboarding
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White stated he had undergone medical testing and was diagnosed with extremely high triglyceride levels and other irregularities
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That boxing promotion is "a broken business that is an absolute nightmare to try to fix"
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That the biggest sports bet he had placed was in 2007, when he wagered $1 million on Jermain Taylor to beat Kelly Pavlik
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But Jon Gruden nixed the deal and the duo instead signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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White reiterated his support for Trump for the 2020 election and spoke at the podium at a Trump reelection rally in Colorado.
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White said that he wanted to incorporate boxing into the company portfolio of the UFC
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After UFC 242, Khabib Nurmagomedov raised $100,000 for Dustin Poirier's charity, The Good Fight Foundation, White followed and also donated $100,000 to Poirier's charity foundation
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White began hosting Dana White's Contender Series
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White donated $1 million to the victims of the Las Vegas shooting
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“When you look at the growth of the sport, we haven’t even scratched the surface of how big this thing can be.”
“s Wild Card West boxing club that he was”
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White bought three other mansions in the same area from October 2016 to June 2017 for a combined total of around $6.2 million.
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“You register and you get your paperwork done. He is talking about people that are sneaking into the country. It is like when he gets in front of the camera, he gets a little too hyped up.”
61% of the company's total buyrate that year, as the UFC's gross revenue reached $600 million in 2015
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Which he says has greatly reduced his symptoms
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White donated $100,000 to his former high school to fund renovations to their athletic facilities
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White's mother, June, released the book Dana White, King of MMA: An Unauthorized Biography
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In 2011, White's mother, June, released the book Dana White, King of MMA: An Unauthorized Biography.
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“Fenway will be our first outdoor show. Man, it”
White donated $50,000 for a liver transplant to Tuptim Jadnooleum, the daughter of "Kru Nai" Rattanachai, one of the instructors for Tiger Muay Thai and MMA in Phuket, Thailand
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Flash Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Government, bought a 10% stake in Zuffa for a reported $150–175 million, leaving White with a 9% stake in the company and the Fertittas with 40
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White was raised as a Catholic and was an altar boy when he was a child, but said in 2008 that he is an atheist.
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“s John Ruiz did hold the World Boxing Association heavyweight belt earlier in the decade; and Medfield”
UFC 66 headlined by Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz generated over 1,000,000 pay-per-view buys, and by 2008 the company was valued by Forbes at $1
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And appointed White as its president
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Career landmark: président-directeur général (2001).
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And stated it had a positive impact on him and made him realize the importance of having ground skills in fighting situations
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White met his wife Anne (née Stella) when they were in the eighth grade, and they married in 1996.
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White started college twice, once at Quincy College and once at UMass Boston, but dropped out during his first semester each time
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Born 1969-07-29.
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