Chairman and principal owner: Bruce Sherman, Current franchise valuation: $980 million. Washington Nationals principal owner Ted Lerner. How he made his billions: Stanton, 64, served as the head of several wireless companies in the 1980s and is now the chairman of Trilogy International Partners, a Bellevue, Wash.-based private equity firm that specializes in early-state wireless investments and owns and operates wireless telecommunications companies in New Zealand and Bolivia. Current franchise valuation: $1.975 billion.
Mark S. Shapiro is Independent Trustee of Equity Residential. A 40-year Kansas City resident, Sherman has been one of the city’s most influential leaders, businessmen and philanthropists for decades. How he made his billions: In 1856 Middleton’s great-great grandfather founded a small retail tobacco operation that more than a century later would launch the Black & Mild cigar brand. “I worry about the fans in the ballpark and about the fans that are watching us on TV,” Stanton told the Seattle Times. Advertisement Fast fact: The Indians have been a picture of stability under the Dolans, with four primary managers (Charlie Manuel, Eric Wedge, Manny Acta and Terry Francona) and three general managers (Mark Shapiro, Chris Antonetti and Mike Chernoff) in 20 years. TORONTO -- The Blue Jays' search for a new president is over, as it was revealed on Monday that veteran Indians front-office executive Mark Shapiro will be the successor to Paul Beeston. Mark Shapiro President & CEO 2016 - 2016 - hired by Toronto as President & CEO, effective after 2015 season Cleveland, 1992-2015 5 years (2008-12) signed extension with Cleveland as GM 3/07 deal later extended through 2013 selected as President (effective Fast fact: Christopher Ilitch, 55, the youngest son of Mike and Marian and one of the couple’s seven children, took over as owner of the Tigers and Red Wings after Mike died. The company finished work on the controversial 1,172-mile, $3.8-billion Dakota Access Pipeline in 2017. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported in 2018 that “Simpson’s involvement with the club is all but non-existent” and that his relationship with Davis “is equally minimal.”, Net worth: $11.5 billion (CAD; Rogers family), Current franchise valuation: $1.625 billion. Oakland Athletics managing partner John Fisher. Hard feelings will lead to hard lines drawn in the sand ahead of next year’s collective bargaining talks. Current franchise valuation: $1.85 billion. He was hired by the investment group Spear, Leeds & Kellogg before moving to Goldman Sachs, becoming a partner for the company before retiring in 2002. San Francisco Giants owner Charles Johnson. Prior to joining IMG in 2014, he held various executive positions, including Chief Executive Officer, at Dick Clark Productions, an independent producer of television programming, from May 2010 to September 2014. St. Louis Cardinals chairman and CEO William DeWitt Jr. San Diego Padres executive chairman Ron Fowler. He made a second fortune as part of an investment group that bought the Chicago Bulls for $16 million in 1985. He leads a three-man ownership group that includes Jeffrey Royer and Michael Chipman, all of whom have owned at least a portion of the club since its inception in 1998.
Fast facts: Nutting, nicknamed “Bottom-Line Bob,” has been heavily criticized — and rightfully so — for putting profits over performance. He also is the chairman of Nutting Co., a holding company that operates three ski resorts outside of Pittsburgh. How he made his billions: Walter, 60, is the CEO of Guggenheim Partners, a privately held global financial services firm with more than $290 billion in assets under management that paid a record price to purchase the Dodgers from Frank McCourt. Current franchise valuation: $3.1 billion. On average, Mark trades about 1,742 units every 32 days since 2006. How they made their billions: Family patriarch Charles Dolan, the brother of Larry Dolan and the uncle of Paul Dolan, was a cable television pioneer who launched Cablevision on Long Island in 1973 and sold the company to Altice for $17.7 billion in 2016. “I want to deliver a quality product to them every game.”, Current franchise valuation: $1.05 billion. Current franchise valuation: $3.3 billion. Fast facts: Wilpon invested heavily with the New York financier Bernie Madoff, but when Madoff’s infamous Ponzi scheme collapsed in 2008, victims sued Wilpon and other Mets owners for knowingly supporting the fraud.
Over the last 25 years, insiders at Equity Residential have traded over $236,842,006 worth of Equity Residential stock. But Crane was heavily criticized in February for his tone-deaf comments in the wake of Houston’s cheating scandal, when he said stealing signs “didn’t impact the game.”, Current franchise valuation: $1.025 billion.