Endeavor — the parent company to the UFC — will look to raise significant funds later this year when the powerful talent agency goes public for the first time with an initial public offering (IPO).
The company headed up by Ari Emanual and Patrick Whitesell has made significant investments over the past few years but none bigger than the $4 billion plus spent to purchase the UFC back in 2016.
Rumors about Endeavor going public have swirled for several years but now the company has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO launch at some point in the latter part of 2019.