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Fred Wilpon (born November 22, 1936) [1] is an American real estate developer and former baseball executive. He was principal owner of the New York Mets from 1987 to ...
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Seth Wenig/AP/Shutterstock (6306116t)Jeff Wilpon, Fred Wilpon Jeff Wilpon, left, and Fred Wilpon, right, at a news conference, at Citi Field in New YorkMets Baseball ...
Nelson Doubleday Jr. & Fred Wilpon (1986–2002) Sterling Equities (2002–2020) Steven A. Cohen (2020–present) Current ownership.
The Wilpon family's control of the New York Mets neared its end after 34 years when Major League Baseball owners voted Friday to approve the sale of the team to billionaire hedge fund manager ...
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]
The Wilpon family will stick around a little longer before selling the Mets.
The group that bought the Mets for an estimated $22 million (the largest amount paid for a ball club to that point) was headed by Nelson Doubleday Jr. and Fred Wilpon. [1] Doubleday was head of the old and distinguished publishing company that bore his name, while Wilpon was a highly successful real-estate developer.
It wasn't long after Fred Wilpon fully bought the Mets in 2002 that fans began to get disgruntled by the team's direction. And once it was revealed in 2008 that Wilpon and his son Jeff lost ...