Joe Hand Sr.
American businessman
Joseph Hand Sr. (September 10, 1936 – August 1, 2024) was an American businessman and media executive from Philadelphia.
He was the chairman of Joe Hand Promotions, Inc., a promoter of Pay-Per-View and Closed Circuit broadcasts of sporting events, which he founded in 1971.
Early life and career
Hand was born in 1936 and raised in the Lawncrest district of Philadelphia. He attended St. William's Middle School and Northeast Catholic High School. He joined the Philadelphia Police Department in 1959, eventually being promoted to Detective in the department's Intelligence Unit. In 1975, he suffered a serious heart attack which required him to leave the police force. Instead he focused on his business interests, which had begun in 1967 when he became a charter shareholder of Cloverlay Corporation, sponsoring Joe Frazier.
Joe Hand Promotions
In 1971, Hand formed his own company specializing in sports promotions, Joe Hand Promotions, Inc.
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