Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) is owned by a private company called Collectors (often referred to as Collectors, formerly Collectors Universe), which is backed by an investor group led by Nat Turner and including Steve Cohen’s family office and other partners.

Who actually “owns” PSA?

  • PSA itself is a brand and division under the broader Collectors corporate umbrella.
  • Collectors is a privately held company, taken private in a deal of about $700 million by an investor group led by collector and entrepreneur Nat Turner, with participation from the family office of New York Mets owner Steve Cohen and hedge fund D1 Capital.
  • In practice, that means PSA is controlled by Collectors’ shareholders and executive leadership, with Nat Turner widely recognized as the key figure at the top as CEO of Collectors.

Quick current landscape

  • Collectors is not just PSA: it also owns assets like Goldin Auctions and WATA Games, building a larger collectibles ecosystem around grading, auctions, and authentication.
  • In recent years, Collectors has expanded aggressively, acquiring grading competitors such as SGC in 2024 and Beckett in 2025, while keeping them as separate brands under the same corporate roof.
  • As of the mid‑2020s, PSA remains the dominant grading brand in the hobby, holding the largest share of the card grading market among the major third‑party graders.

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