Ace is a sports and media entrepreneur who co-founded 35V / Thirty Five Ventures and Boardroom alongside Kevin Durant. Ace's Twitter Score is 37 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #25,245 (top 10%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.
Ace, whose real name is Rich Kleiman, co-founded Boardroom, a sports, media and entertainment brand built around the intersection of sports and entertainment. He also co-founded 35V / Thirty Five Ventures, a venture and business platform through which he and Durant have pursued investments and partnerships across technology and media. Previously, Ace served as vice president at Roc Nation Sports, before building his current ventures with Durant.
Ace's crypto exposure runs through both 35V and Boardroom. According to Business Insider, Durant and Kleiman began investing in bitcoin after a birthday dinner hosted by Ben Horowitz where the topic arose. 35V made an early investment in Coinbase and later partnered with the exchange, with Kleiman describing Coinbase as a valuable business partner, per Business Insider. Among 35V's early investments, per Wikipedia, was also NBA Top Shot by Dapper Labs. Ace's account has published 4,550 posts and has been followed by 40,371 accounts. Ace has been mentioned by 72 accounts, totaling 255 mentions.
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The accounts that follow Ace include 132 founders, 47 angel investors, 43 influencers and 2 VCs. Among them are Anthony Pompliano, Yano, Alexis Ohanian, Gary Vaynerchuk, Mario Nawfal and Fred Wilson.