FutureSports was founded in 2022 on a simple insight: while the global sports industry generates $650 billion a year, there has never been a liquid, transparent way to measure or hedge its risks. We built FutureSports to change that. After nearly four years in stealth mode, the Chicago-based firm launched in 2026 with proprietary index methodologies that turn live, continuous statistical data from professional and college sports into rules-based benchmarks that institutional and retail market participants can reference, trade and use to manage risk.
We know financial markets and we love sports. FutureSports brings together leaders from both financial markets and sports data. Co-founders Leigh Taylforth and Rhett Dinsdale each have more than 20 years in derivatives trading at market makers, investment banks and hedge funds. Additionally, FutureSports' executive team draws on senior experience from institutions across the sports and financial market industries — including CME Group, S&P Dow Jones Indices, FTSE Russell, Morgan Stanley, Sportradar, STATS and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.