Merritt Paulson
Henry Merritt Paulson III is the majority owner of Peregrine Sports, LLC which owns the Portland Timbers, a Major League Soccer team based in Portland, Oregon.[1]
[edit] Personal
He graduated from Hamilton College with a B.A. in 1995. Paulson earned his Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.[2] Prior to owning the sports franchises he worked for the National Basketball Association as a senior director of marketing and business development,[2] and has worked for the cable television channel Home Box Office.[2] He is the son of Henry Merritt "Hank" Paulson Jr., the former United States Secretary of the Treasury.[3][4] He serves on the board of trustees of the Wildlife Conservation Society.[5] Paulson is married to Heather Mahar Paulson, who appeared on The Amazing Race, season 3, and they reside in Portland.
[edit] Shortstop, LLC
In May 2007 Paulson’s investment group Shortstop, LLC purchased the Portland Beavers and the Portland Timbers from California businessman Abe Alizadeh.[2] The purchase made the group the teams' fourth owners since 2001.[6] Paulson’s father is a minority partner in the company.[2] Shortstop is a Delaware organized company.[2]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Oregonian (2010). City Hall: PGE Park renovation will include healthy rent payments to Merritt Paulson for sports clinic. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f Giegerich, Andy (May 22 2007). "New Beavers, Timbers owner wants local ties". Portland Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2007/05/21/daily23.html?page=1.
- ^ David Jackson. Bush turns to Wall Street for new Treasury chief. USA Today, May 31, 2006.
- ^ Galen Barnett. Why bail out Merritt Paulson
- ^ The National Center: Press release, June 8, 2006
- ^ Murphy, Todd (March 18, 2008). "Merritt's system". Portland Tribune. http://www.localnewsdaily.com/news/story.php?story_id=120578462169321000.
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