Legends Access Honors The Whitener Company For Mentoring Emerging Businesses
Inaugural award created to recognized individuals and corporations in sports and entertainment
ATLANTA, Feb. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Whitener Company has been named the recipient of the inaugural Legends Access Trailblazer Award for mentoring emerging sports and entertainment businesses. The award was created to recognize individuals and corporations for significant contributions to their communities in the areas of business leadership, philanthropy and social responsibility.
Gordon Whitener, Chairman & CEO, and Brett Thomason, Partner & COO, will accept the award on behalf of The Whitener Company on Friday, February 1st during the Gold Jacket Party for a Purpose held at the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta. The annual event supports the Ray of Hope Foundation founded by Pro Football Hall of Famer Ray Lewis.
"Gordon and Brett have made an unwavering commitment to help position emerging companies for growth and success in sports and entertainment," says Joe McAvoy, CEO of Legends Access, "We are honored to present Gordon, Brett and the entire Whitener Company team, with our first annual award for passing it forward in a legendary manner."
After extensive careers in the fields of sports, entertainment, tech, media and business development, Whitener and Thomason founded The Whitener Company in 2009 as a diversified holding company with ownership stakes and investments in the sports, media, tech, entertainment and energy industries. Investments and partnerships in those sectors cover more than a dozen businesses including Silver Screen Bottling Company, The Wrangler Network, Bespoke Sports & Entertainment, Red Frog Events, Trenches Sports & Entertainment and Whitener Entertainment Group, which produced "The Last Movie Star," a Tribeca Film Festival selection starring Burt Reynolds and Ariel Winter.
"We want to thank Legends Access for this recognition, and VaynerSports executive vice president Justin Giangrande, who nominated us for this award," said Whitener. "We also want to thank those companies and individuals like Justin who entrusted us as mentors and went on to achieve so many great things in the fields of sports and entertainment."
The Gold Jacket Party for a Purpose, will also honor the 2018 NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame class and be attended by more than 100 celebrities including Hall of Famers Ray Lewis, Deion Sanders, Charles Haley, Eddie George, Michael Irvin, Lawrence Taylor, Andre Reed, Jerome Bettis and Brian Dawkins, as well as VaynerMedia CEO Gary Vaynerchuk.
About The Whitener Company
The Whitener Company is a diversified holding company with ownership stakes and investments in the sports, media, tech, entertainment and energy industries. Whitener provides experienced consulting services in the areas of marketing technology, event production and management, sponsorship sales and business portfolio management and acceleration. The company is based in Knoxville, Tenn., with offices in Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta and Charlotte.
About Legends Access
Legends Access is a world class sports marketing firm that specializes in connecting sports and entertainment legends with iconic brands and impactful social initiatives through corporate partnerships, content and technology.
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