Life
Rich Kleiman (born November 27, 1976) is an American sports agent and businessman. He is the manager of Kevin Durant. He is also the co-founder of Thirty Five Ventures, a company he founded with Kevin Durant. Kleiman oversees the company’s diverse investment portfolio; the emerging media and creative development arm; and the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation.
Career
Rich Kleiman personally oversees Thirty Five Venture's diverse investment portfolio, which includes Overtime, a leading sports network focused on young, digital-native sports fans; online digital-currency platform Coinbase, spare-change app Acorns, cloud-computing startup Rubrik, drink company WTRMLN WTR, fast-casual pizza chain Pieology, bike-sharing company LimeBike, delivery company Postmates, and many more.
Media projects under the Thirty Five Ventures umbrella include the six-episode series called The Boardroom, an ESPN+ project that examines the ins and outs of sports business and illuminate the world of sports far beyond what fans ordinarily see; the forthcoming original basketball-themed scripted series "SWAGGER," in partnership with Imagine Entertainment and Apple, and “Q Ball”, the documentary in conjunction with Fox Sports Films, which premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival this year.
Philanthropy
Rich is heavily involved in the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation (KDCF) helping to complete new basketball court renovations across the globe and opening the Durant Center in Maryland’s Prince George’s County, which helps low-income and undeserved students enroll and graduate from college.
Kleiman also sits on the Board of Directors for New Heights Youth, Inc. which is a non-profit sports-based youth-development and educational organization based in New York City.
Early Career
In 2008, Kleiman started working at Jay-Z’s Roc Nation as a music manager where he represented his high school friend Mark Ronson, Solange and Wale. In 2013, Kleiman helped launch Roc Nation Sports where he then served as Vice President of the agency.He also served as executive producer on HBO’s The Offseason: Kevin Durant and Jay-Z’s Fade To Black.