Upper Deck Company
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The Upper Deck Company, LLC (colloquially as Upper Deck and Upper Deck Authenticated, Ltd. in the UK), founded in 1988, is a private company primarily known for producing trading cards. Its headquarters are in Carlsbad, California,[3][4] United States.
Company type | Private LLC |
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Industry | Lithography, collectibles |
Founded | 1988; 36 years ago (1988) in Yorba Linda, California, US |
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Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Jason Masherah (President)[1][2] |
Products | Trading cards, Card games |
Brands | O-Pee-Chee |
Number of employees | 250 |
Website | upperdeck |
The company also produces sports related items such as figurines and die-cast toys on top of having exclusive agreements to produce memorabilia (under the brand name "Upper Deck Authenticated") with such athletes as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, LeBron James, Ben Simmons, Wayne Gretzky, Connor McDavid and Serena Williams.[5] Under the Upper Deck Entertainment name, the company also produced card games such as World of Warcraft and Vs. System.
Upper Deck is also the current licensor of the O-Pee-Chee brand since 2007, having released several baseball and ice hockey card collections.[6][7]