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Jeffrey Scott Wilpon (born December 9, 1961) is an American businessman who was an executive vice-president of Sterling Equities, and the owner of the Overwatch ...
(tie) Fred & Jeff Wilpon -- New York Mets. Net worth: $500 million. Team value: $2.4 billion. Team purchase price: $391 million. Year purchased: 2002.
It was founded in 1972 by Fred Wilpon (Chairman) and Saul Katz (President), Wilpon's brother-in-law. [6] [9] [10] It has developed a number of properties, including the tower at 450 Lexington Avenue. [6] [11] It built Citi Field $40 million under budget, and took over development of a Willets Point project. [6] [12]
In September 2020, a deal was reached for billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen to purchase 95% of the Mets from Wilpon, his son C.O.O. Jeff Wilpon and co-owner Saul Katz for approximately $2.4 billion and on October 30, Cohen was approved by MLB's owners.
Unless you inherited a sports team, you'll usually need a few million dollars -- or even billions of dollars -- to become a professional sports team owner. But because some teams have been passed ...
Steve Cohen's purchase of the Mets approved by MLB owners, bringing the 40-year Wilpon family ownership nightmare to a close.
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]
The transfer from the Wilpon and Katz families values the franchise at between $2.4 billion and $2.45 billion, a record for a baseball team that tops the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers ...