Dana White is the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (A.K.A. UFC) and a mixed martial arts organization with an estimated net worth of $150 million. He was born in July 28th, 1969 in Manchester, Connecticut. He spent his youth going back and forth between Las Vegas and Maine. He spent much of his youth involved in sports and is a lifelong fan of the baseball team Boston Red Sox. He would even go to school at Boston University though he did not finish. While he was there he opened up a boxing program for at risk children in the inner-city. To make a living during this time he became an aerobics instructor. In 1992 he established Dana White Enterprises in Las Vegas, it was also during this time that he began managing fighters Chuck Lidell and Tito Ortiz. With his foot in the door as a manager in UFC he found out that Semaphore Entertainment Group, the parent company of the UFC was looking to sell the UFC. Luckily for White he had grown up with Lorenzo Fertita who had made a name for himself as an executive at the Station Casino. Lorenzo quickly saw the profit that could be made and he made a deal to buy the UFC. Lorenzo also invited his older brother Frank to get in the action also. They soon appointed White as president. In the years since buying the UFC White and team have taken the organization which used to be seen a barbaric and illegal and turned into a national phenomenon.