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commissioner 2006 world series of poker pollack speaking at a press conference at the fort lee , nj c. 1965 united states jeffrey pollack.jpg jeffrey pollack
 northwestern university university , university of massachusetts amherst , harvard jeffrey pollack
jeffrey pollack

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jeffrey pollack -lrb- born circa 1965 -rrb- is a sports business consultant and former commissioner of the world series of poker .
he was educated at northwestern university , the graduate school of political management and the university of massachusetts amherst .
pollack later completed the advanced management program at harvard university .
after a brief career in politics , pollack moved into the industry of sports business where he 's held executive roles with the nba , nascar , and the world series of poker -lrb- wsop -rrb- .
pollack was listed on the first of `` sports business journal 's '' `` 40 under 40 '' and twice to the sporting news 100 .
he has also won two emmy awards .
pollack is married , and resides in both los angeles and las vegas .
his half-brother is gary bettman , the commissioner of the national hockey league .
in 2011 , pollack launched federated sports + gaming -lrb- fs+g -rrb- and the epic poker league , where he served as executive chairman .
within a year , fs+g had filed bankruptcy .
in early 2015 , pollack was hired as special advisor to the san diego chargers .
