Barry Rudin

Humanitarian Award

Barry Rudin is the CEO of Barry's Ticket Services, a privately owned ticket agency offering premium tickets for all sports and entertainment events. Barry started the business with a student loan and worked hard to expand the business to five offices with over 80 employees.

Barry is an avid supporter of local charities. He is on the Executive Board of the Steven Cohen Heart Foundation at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, founded in the memory of Steven Cohen. Barry and his fellow Executive Board members lend support in the ongoing research of early heart disease.

Barry also is a strong and loyal supporter of the American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development organization motivated by Judaism's imperative to pursue justice. As a supporter he helps to alleviate poverty, hunger, and disease in developing countries regardless of race, religion, or nationality.

For more than 15 years, Rudin has been a valued friend of David and Dana Pump and is "a huge fan of the Harold Pump Foundation and better yet a fan of the Pump Family," says Dana Pump. Barry and the Pumps are zealous sport enthusiasts, especially in basketball. All three have attended together every Super Bowl, Rose Bowl, and Final Four since 1993. Barry knew Harold very well and was with him during his last days. In memory of Harold, Barry has been supporting the Harold Pump Foundation from the beginning and has been a Title Sponsor of the Foundation since its inception.

Barry is married to Drorit and has two sons and a daughter. Putting his passion for sports to practice, Barry enjoys coaching his sons' basketball teams.