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The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Queens, in New York City.They play in the National League East division. In the team's history, the Mets have employed 16 general managers (GMs) (not including interim GMs). [1]
Steven A. Cohen (born June 11, 1956) is an American hedge-fund manager and owner of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) since September 14, 2020, owning just over 97% of the team. [3] He is the founder of hedge fund Point72 Asset Management and S.A.C. Capital Advisors. [4]
The nickname "Mets" was adopted: being a natural shorthand to the club's corporate name, the "New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc.", [19] [20] [21] which hearkened back to the "Metropolitans" (a New York team in the American Association from 1880 to 1887), [1] and its brevity was advantageous for newspaper headlines. [22]
Cohen, 68, is currently chairman and CEO of hedge fund Point72 Asset Management as well as the owner of the New York Mets baseball team. Forbes pegs Cohen’s net worth at just over $21 billion.
Statement from Steve Cohen: "I am humbled that MLB’s owners have approved me to be the next owner of the New York Mets. Owning a team is a great privilege and an awesome responsibility." pic ...
After turning the New York Mets into baseball's biggest spender, owner Steve Cohen would like to see his team build more economically through its farm system. “I’d like to get below the Cohen ...
a The Atlanta Braves sale in 2007 to Liberty Media was part of a complex swap of cash, stock, magazine holdings, and the Braves, in which Time Warner sent the Braves, a hobbyist publishing company, and $980,000,000 to Liberty in exchange for approximately 68.5 million shares of Time Warner stock, at the time worth $1.48 billion.
This time, it’s Juan Soto who becomes the man of record, with Boras once again sending shockwaves through the sport after Soto agreed Sunday to a 15-year, $765 million deal with the New York Mets.