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Leadership · Fri 7 Aug · 3 min read
Flutter CEO departure: strategy holds, successor matters
What happened
Peter Jackson will leave Flutter Entertainment as CEO in October 2025. He has held the role since 2019, first at Paddy Power Betfair and then through the rebrand and expansion into Flutter. No successor has been named. Flutter's board and senior leadership have said strategy will continue under new leadership, but offered no specifics on timeline for naming a replacement or on any interim arrangements.
Jackson's tenure covered the US push via FanDuel, the NYSE dual listing, and Flutter's repositioning as a globally diversified operator rather than a UK-and-Ireland-centric book. Those were deliberate structural moves, not just market cycles.
Why it matters
Sources: SBC News
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