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Nicholas Horbaczewski

CEO & Co-Founder, DRL (Drone Racing League)

Nicholas Horbaczewski is the CEO & Founder of the Drone Racing League (DRL), the world’s premier, professional, drone-racing circuit. Before founding DRL in 2015, Nicholas served as the Chief Revenue Officer of Tough Mudder, the largest mass participation running event series in the world, which grew to over 60 global events and $100mm in revenue during his time there. Prior to Tough Mudder, he developed an interest in multicopters while the Chief Information Officer of ADS, a $1.5b distributor of advanced hardware to the US government. Nicholas also co-founded Leeden Media, an entertainment company for feature-length independent films, and brings his love of production to his work at DRL.

Internationally recognized for building The Sport of The Future, Nicholas has been named one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s 50 Most Innovative Entrepreneurs, selected to Crain's 40 Under 40 list, credited by Fast Company for founding one of the Most Innovative Companies in the world, and awarded by awarded by Cynopsis Sports Media for creating the 2018 League of the Year for a Breakthrough Sport.