![]() Ken was named to Sports Business Journal’s coveted “Forty Under 40, list in 2016. In 2019, as recognition of the club’s successes in the community the Sports Business Journal named Akron a Top 10 minor league sports city in the US. Since Babby's acquisition, the franchise has grown average attendance by 38%. Johnson President’s Award, Minor League Baseball’s top award for an organization. In 2016, Akron hosted the franchise’s firstever Eastern League All-Star Game and was the Eastern League nominee for the John H. In 2015, Akron earned the Larry MacPhail Award for the most outstanding and creative marketing and promotional efforts in Minor League Baseball. Babby has privately invested more than $8 million in Canal Park, which has welcomed more than 340,000 fans each of the past four seasons. In 2021, the Miami Marlins selected Jacksonville as their new AAA affiliate a testament to continued benefits of community and facility investment.īabby purchased the Akron Aeros, Eastern League affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, in October 2012, and rebranded the team as the Akron RubberDucks after the 2013 season. The Jumbo Shrimp won the Southern League’s Organization of the Year. In the inaugural season as the Jumbo Shrimp, attendance increased by more than 61,000 – the most of any Double-A ballpark and a ballpark-record 23 percent – to more than 325,000 for the first time in seven years. He invested more than $3 million into fan areas at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville before rebranding the team as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp after the 2016 season. In September 2015, Babby purchased the Jacksonville Suns, Southern League affiliate of the Miami Marlins. The entrepreneurial growth of Post’s digital business and national growth caught the attention of Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos, who acquired the media company in 2012. ![]() Ken oversaw the company’s $500M in annual advertising revenue and led the Post into the digital era overseeing all aspects of the company’s digital, mobile and video strategy and operations. ![]() ![]() Ken Babby, a native of Potomac, Maryland, is the founder of Fast Forward Sports Group, owning the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (AAA) and Akron RubberDucks (AA) minor league baseball teams.īefore founding Fast Forward Sports Group, Babby spent 13 years on the business side of The Washington Post, starting as a summer intern, rising to the role of Chief Revenue Officer of Washington Post Media and General Manager of Washington Post Digital. ![]()
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