Upper Deck Company

The Upper Deck Company, LLC
Company typePrivate LLC
IndustryLithography, collectibles
Founded1988; 36 years ago (1988) in Yorba Linda, California, US
Founder
Headquarters
Carlsbad, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jason Masherah (President)[1][2]
ProductsTrading cards, Card games
BrandsO-Pee-Chee
Number of employees
250
Websiteupperdeck.com

The Upper Deck Company, LLC (colloquially as Upper Deck and Upper Deck Authenticated, Ltd. in the UK) is a private company primarily known for producing trading cards. It was founded in 1988. Its headquarters are in Carlsbad, California, United States.[3][4]

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 athletes including Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, LeBron James, Wayne Gretzky, Serena Williams, Connor McDavid, and Ben Simmons.[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]

  1. ^ "Upper Deck Lands Paul Meyer as Company's New President". Upper Deck. June 1, 2010. Archived from the original on September 22, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  2. ^ Lewis, Brett J. (June 1, 2010). "Paul Meyer Named New President Of Upper Deck". The Cardboard Connection. Archived from the original on June 6, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  3. ^ "F.A.Q.s Archived 2010-12-01 at the Wayback Machine." Upper Deck Company. Retrieved on April 17, 2011. "Our corporate headquarters is located in the beautiful, seaside community of Carlsbad in San Diego's North County."
  4. ^ "FAQs Archived 2011-08-14 at the Wayback Machine." Upper Deck Company. Retrieved on April 17, 2011. "5909 Sea Otter Place Carlsbad, CA 92010"
  5. ^ "Upper Deck Athletes | Exclusive Autographed Sports Memorabilia". upperdeckstore.com. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  6. ^ O-Pee-Chee baseball cards history on CardBoardConnection.com
  7. ^ "Search results for O-Pee-Chee". www.steelcitycollectibles.com. Retrieved May 17, 2022.