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The Dodgers did not employ a General Manager until 1950. Before then, the team President had the duties commonly associated with the GM. [ 6 ] There was also no general manager between 2018 and 2021, as the President of Baseball Operations took GM duties during this period.
Guggenheim Baseball Management is the ownership group of the Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball team. [1] The consortium consisted of Guggenheim Partners controlling partner Mark Walter, and also includes as investors basketball hall of famer Magic Johnson, movie producer Peter Guber, baseball team executive Stan Kasten, and investors Bobby Patton and Todd Boehly. [2]
After the 1957 season, Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley moved the team to Los Angeles for financial and other reasons. [54] Along the way, he managed to convince Giants owner Horace Stoneham —who was considering moving his team to Minnesota —to preserve the rivalry by bringing his team to California as well. [ 54 ]
Entrepreneurs Alan Smolinisky and Robert L. Plummer joined the ownership group in September 2019. [16] [17] [18] On December 10, 2012, in its annual survey of the "50 Most Influential People in Sports Business," the SportsBusiness Journal named Walter the 8th most influential person in sports business due to the historic Dodgers purchase. [19]
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.
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Frank H. McCourt Jr. (born August 14, 1953) is an American business executive and philanthropist. [1] [2] As of 2023, he is the executive chairman and former CEO of McCourt Global, [3] owner of the football club Marseille and founder and executive chairman of international non-profit Project Liberty. [3]
Principal owner: John W. Henry Net worth: $2.6 billion (2020) Purchase price: $380 million (2002) Current franchise valuation: $3.4 billion Value appreciation: 796% Annualized appreciation: 11.6% ...