Chris Bevilacqua was a two-time All-American at Penn State, placing eighth at 150 pounds in 1984 and fourth in the same weight class in 1985. However, his most significant achievements would come off the wrestling mat—yet his vision always included the sport.

Bevilacqua graduated from Penn State with honors from the Smeal College of Business. He is currently the founder and CEO of Bevilacqua Media Company, a company whose mission is to be a principal investor and strategic advisor for media and entertainment assets. His organization and its investors seek to make investments in these sectors as well as provide management services and oversight capabilities for its partners. Based in New York, BMC works with professional sports leagues and teams, collegiate conferences, as well as marketing and media companies.

Prior to his work with BMC, Bevilacqua served as chairman and CEO of Creative Artist Agency Sports Media Ventures, an affiliate of CAA and Evolution Media Capital. He also served as media rights advisor for several prominent sports and entertainment entities.

In 2003, Bevilacqua co-founded College Sports Television, the first-ever 24-hour cable TV network dedicated to college and amateur sports. His vision and efforts for CSTV led to the acquisition of digital media company—Official College Sports Network—which eventually became the industry-leading CSTV.com portal.

During the period of 2002 through 2007, he was an early investor and advisor to StubHub, an online ticketing pioneer that was sold to eBay for 310 million dollars in 2007.

From 1994 through 1999, Bevilacqua was the Global Director of Negotiations for Nike sports media, licensing and marketing rights. At Nike, he worked closely with top teams, coaches, athletic directors and broadcast executives in the NBA, NFL, NHL, and NCAA. And, in 1995, he was responsible for striking a landmark deal between Nike and the Dallas Cowboys.

Bevilacqua began his career in the marketing department of NBC Sports where he was awarded an Emmy as an associate producer for the best live special.