Jaymee Messler

Jaymee Messler is president of The Players’ Tribune, a digital platform she launched with Derek Jeter last October upon his retirement from baseball. Jeter was a client of Excel Sports Management, where Messler was chief marketing officer. She had spent her sports career there working for Excel founder and NBA agent Jeff Schwartz.

Messler made her name in the business as a marketing agent, helping first Schwartz’s and then Excel’s other athletes (Jeter is a longtime client of Excel partner and MLB agent Casey Close) market themselves and create brands.