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Robert Earl Short (July 20, 1917 – November 20, 1982) was an American businessman, sport teams owner, and politician. Short owned the Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association and the Washington Senators / Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball .
He had moved to Fort Worth, Texas in 1968 and within two years had become a millionaire at the age of 32 after first securing a $300,000 Small Business Administration loan. Corbett led an investment group that purchased the Rangers from Bob Short for $9.5 million on May 29, 1974. [3]
Chairman of the board: Bob Nutting. Net worth: $1.1 billion (2020) Purchase price: $92 million (1996) Current franchise valuation: $1.29 billion. Value appreciation: 1,305%.
Lurie insisted that since, unlike Short, he was a San Francisco resident, he should have the final say in operational and league matters. The other National League owners were concerned about Short's checkered tenure as owner of the Rangers and also insisted that Lurie be empowered to cast the Giants' vote at owners' meetings. Short backed out ...
Net worth ($ million) 1 Kevin Hern: Republican Oklahoma House Yes 361.0* 2 Rick Scott: Republican: Florida: Senate: Yes 259.7 3 Mark Warner: Democratic: Virginia: Senate Yes 214.1 4 Greg Gianforte: Republican Montana: House: No 189.3 5 Paul Mitchell: Republican Michigan: House No 179.6 6 Mitt Romney: Republican Utah: Senate Yes 174.5 7 Vernon ...
Bob R. Simpson is an American businessman. He is the co-founder of XTO Energy and co-chairman of the Texas Rangers Major League Baseball (MLB) team. Career.
Celebrity Net Worth reports that Steve Martin’s net worth in 2024 is $200 million. Martin has grown his fortune through his successful work as a comedian, actor, screenwriter, playwright, film ...
Robert Waltrip Short (September 15, 1924 – March 21, 2005) [1] was an American cabaret singer and pianist who interpreted songs by popular composers from the first half of the 20th century such as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Richard A. Whiting, Vernon Duke, Noël Coward and George and Ira Gershwin.