David B. Robbins is an American attorney, hedge fund manager, and private equity investor. He was formerly the chairman of

Bally Technologies Bally Technologies, Inc. is an American manufacturer of slot machines and other gambling technology based in Enterprise, Nevada. It is owned by Light & Wonder. The company was founded in 1968 as Advanced Patent Technology. It eventually changed ...

until its sale to

Scientific Games Light & Wonder, Inc., formerly Scientific Games Corporation (SG), is an American corporation that provides gambling products and services. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Light & Wonder's gaming division provides products such ...

in 2014 and currently serves as a managing partner in various investment partnerships, including

Relativity Media Relativity Media, LLC is an American independent media company founded in 2004 by Lynwood Spinks and Ryan Kavanaugh. The company brokered film finance deals and later branched into film production and other entertainment ventures. The company ...

, UltraV Holdings, Alexiam Capital, and Trevi Health Capital.

Life and career

Robbins received his BS in Economics from the

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School ( ) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. Established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton, a co-founder of Bethlehem Steel, the Wharton ...

and his JD from the

NYU School of Law The New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is the law school of New York University, a private Private or privates may refer to: Music * "In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation'' * Private (band), a Denmark-b ...

. Following a career as a corporate attorney, Robbins has founded and managed multiple private equity and growth capital funds, investing in media and entertainment, gaming, healthcare, and life sciences. In 2005, Robbins co-founded Trevi Health Capital, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, with an emphasis on healthcare information and medical technology. He served as chairman of

(NYSE:BYI), a publicly traded gaming equipment and technology company from 1996 until its sale to

(NASDAQ:SGMS) in 2014. In 2018, Robbins acquired

, a film and television distribution and production company, through UltraV holdings, a partnership between Robbins and SoundPoint Capital. Robbins has invested as a producer in multiple Broadway productions, most notably, Pippin, for which he received a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical in 2013.

Civic engagement

Robbins’s family foundation focuses on medical research, with an emphasis in neurology, sponsoring research programs at the Columbia University Institute for Genomic Medicine and

NYU Langone Medical Center NYU Langone Health is an integrated Health system, academic health system located in New York City, New York, United States. The health system consists of the New York University Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NY ...

. Robbins is an active supporter at NYU FACES (Finding a Cure for Epilepsy and Seizures) and serves on the board of trustees for the McCarton Center (addressing autism and developmental disabilities), the steering committee for the NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, and Columbia University’s Precision Medicine Council.

References

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