Neil Hirsch
Neil Hirsch is an American businessman. He is the founder of Telerate, and the current owner of Loanet and the BlackWatch Polo Team.[1]
Biography
Neil Hirsch was born in 1948.[1] At the age of 21, he dropped out of college and founded Telerate, a global communications network, where he served as President and Chief Executive.[1][2][3] By 1990, he sold to Dow Jones & Company for more than $1.5 billion.[1] He later founded Loanet, a securities-tracking firm, and he serves as its Chairman.[4]
In 1995, he co-founded the Bridgehampton Polo Club with his childhood friend Peter M. Brant.[citation needed][5][6] He served as its President for many years.[7] In 2011, he sold his share to Peter Brant.[3] He owns the BlackWatch Polo Team.[1][3][8]
Divorced from comedian Caroline Hirsch, he lives in Wellington, Florida.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e Leitzes, Adam & Joshua Solan "A Pioneer's Perspective", Forbes Magazine, December 28, 2000.
- ^ Reuters, "The Media: Dow Jones Makes an Offer for Remainder of Telerate", The Los Angeles Times, September 22, 1989.
- ^ a b c 'Hamptons polo gets swankier', in The New York Post, June 16, 2011 [1]
- ^ a b Stern, Jared Paul Stern "Hamptons Heat Wave: The Mile-High Club", New York Magazine; accessed September 15, 2016.
- ^ Bensimon, Kelly Killoren, "My Polo – Mercedez Benz Bridgehampton Polo", kellykillorenbensimon.com, August 17, 2010.
- ^ 'They've Got Game', in New York Magazine
- ^ Choire Sicha, "The Polo Crashersin", The New York Observer, July 25, 2005.
- ^ Tim Padgett, "The Dead Polo Ponies and Their Millionaire Owner", Time magazine, April 23, 2009.