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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|12|3}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|12|3}}
|birth_place = [[Culver, Indiana|Culver]], [[Indiana]], [[United States of America|United States]]
|birth_place = [[Culver, Indiana|Culver]], [[Indiana]], [[United States of America|United States]]
|alma_mater = [[Williams College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]]), [[University of Florida|Warrington College of Business]] ([[Masters in Business Administration|M.B.A.]])
|alma_mater = [[Williams College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]]), [[Warrington College of Business|University of Florida]] ([[Masters in Business Administration|M.B.A.]])
|occupation = Co-owner of [[New York Yankees]]/ Managing general partner
|occupation = Co-owner of [[New York Yankees]]/ Managing general partner
|networth = $3.2 billion (August 2017) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/steinbrenner/}}</ref>
|networth = $3.2 billion (August 2017) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/steinbrenner/}}</ref>

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Hal Steinbrenner
Steinbrenner in 2009
Born
Harold Zieg Steinbrenner

(1969-12-03) December 3, 1969 (age 54)
Alma materWilliams College (B.A.), University of Florida (M.B.A.)
OccupationCo-owner of New York Yankees/ Managing general partner

Harold Steinbrenner (born December 3, 1969) is an American businessman. He is the principal owner, managing general partner, and co-chairman of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He and his brother, Hank, inherited the team from their father, George Steinbrenner, who died in 2010.

Biography

Family and education

Hal Steinbrenner is the younger son of George Steinbrenner and Elizabeth Joan Steinbrenner (née Zieg). He has two sisters, Jessica Steinbrenner and Jennifer Steinbrenner-Swindal.

Steinbrenner attended Culver Military Academy and went on to graduate from Williams College in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then earned a Master of Business Administration at the University of Florida in 1994.[2]

Professional career

Starting in 2007,[3] George Steinbrenner gradually ceded day-to-day control of the Yankees to Hal and his other son, Hank, as his health worsened. Hal Steinbrenner was elected Chairman of the Board of Yankee Global Enterprises on September 28, 2007.[4]

On November 20, 2008, Major League Baseball owners approved the shift of day-to-day control of the Yankees from father George Steinbrenner to Hal Steinbrenner.[5]

Other roles

Hal Steinbrenner is Chairman and CEO of Steinbrenner Hotel Properties and is on the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Tampa Bay.[6][7]

Personal life

Steinbrenner is a pilot. He owns a GTO single-engine and a Cessna high-wing plane.[8]

References

  1. ^ https://www.forbes.com/profile/steinbrenner/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Litsky, Frank (March 30, 2007). "BASEBALL; The Steinbrenner Family". The New York Times. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  3. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=5376629
  4. ^ Tyler Kepner (September 29, 2007). "Steinbrenner Son Elected Chairman of Yankees". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "Statement from Howard J. Rubenstein, Spokesman for the New York Yankees" (Press release). Major League Baseball. November 20, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
  6. ^ "Executive Profile Harold Z. Steinbrenner". Bloomberg Businessweek. February 5, 2015.
  7. ^ Lenora Lake (March 5, 2014). "Blake High junior thanks Boys & Girls Club for support". The Tampa Tribune.
  8. ^ http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/springtraining_halsteinbrenner/who-exactly-new-york-yankees-owner-hal-steinbrenner
Preceded by Co-Owner of the New York Yankees
with Hank Steinbrenner

2010-present
Succeeded by
Incumbent