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Meet The Five Men Who Are Just Going to Do WHATEVER Jacobs Says. |
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My point is this. I have talked to and met some of these guys. I don't think any one man, even Jeremy Jacobs, will be the reason these men don't get what they want...which is hockey to be played again...as one owner put it "If there is a date to get this done, that date is yesterday."
All facts courtesy of Wikipedia, so the basic details are likely correct but there may be some minor inaccuracies. Here goes....
Larry Tanenbaum -Maple Leafs
* He owns a 25% stake in MLSE through his holding company Kilmer Sports Inc.
* He has degree in Economics from Cornell University (Go Big Red)
*Has appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada (Canada’s highest praise for a civilian) for his philanthropy and charitable work.
*He was the reason the NBA has franchise to Toronto
*He is heavily invested in other businesses who would like hockey to be played including The NHL Network and Score Media
*He serves as Chairman of Kilmer Capital Partners, a private equity investment fund, which provides equity capital to small to mid-market companies, and is dedicated to building leading companies in partnership with management. Kilmer Capital’s portfolio includes Unisync Group Ltd., Algorithme Pharma Inc., Coalision, and Tribal Sportswear.
*He once served as National Revenue Chair of the Liberal Party of Canada during Prime Minister Paul Martin’s term.
Murray Edwards-Calgary Flames.
* With an estimated net worth of $US 2.2 billion (as of March 2011), Edwards was ranked by Forbes as the 14th wealthiest Canadian and 540th in the world.
* Edwards has more at stake in the Canadian oil sands than possibly any other individual. * His company, Canadian Natural Resources, has sketched out plans to spend $25 billion to turn the bitumen-bearing sand found in northern Alberta into barrels of crude oil. This media shy lawyer-turned financier also owns big stakes in Ensign Energy, Canada's second biggest oil services company, and Penn West, one of Canada's biggest energy trusts.
* He also owns Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, which owns Fernie Alpine Resort, Kimberley Alpine Resort, Nakiska, Stoneham Mountain Resort, and Mont-Sainte-Anne, Kicking Horse Resort. He also owns shares of the Calgary Flames hockey team. He also owns over 30% of a management and holding company, Jovian Capital Corp. Edwards is Chairman of the Board of Magellan Aerospace Corporation.
Ron Burkle
* From starting as a bagboy at his dad’s supermarket, Burkle founded Yucaipa Companies, a private equity firm which invests in retail, manufacturing, and distribution. He also founded the Ronald W. Burkle Foundation.
* Burkle has served as Chairman of the Board and controlling shareholder of numerous companies, including Alliance Entertainment, Golden State Foods, Dominick's, Fred Meyer, Ralphs, and Food4Less. He is currently a member of the board of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, KB Home, and Yahoo!
* He sold Dominick's chain to Safeway in 1998 for over $200 million in profits. He owns 20.7% stake in Americold Realty Trust. He leveraged buyouts of Jurgensen's, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, and Ralphs supermarket chains, and sold to Kroger for $13.5 billion. He signed Fleming as sole food supplier to Kmart. He has a majority stake in Pathmark grocery stores.
* He owns 49% of British jewelry brand Stephen Webster purchased in 2007. He purchased Enthusiast Media publications and assets of Primedia for $1.2 billion;Donated $750 million to the Renner Burkle Fund.
Mark Chipman- Jets
* He is a Winnipeg native.
*Chipman has a degree in economics and a law degree from North Dakota.
* After working as a lawyer in Florida, he returned to Winnipeg in 1988 and joined Birchwood Automotive Group, a group of car dealerships founded by his father, Robert Chipman. Since 2001, he has been president of Birchwood's parent company, the Megill-Stephenson Company.
* Aside from the car dealerships, Megill-Stephenson is involved in real estate through its subsidiary, Longboat Development Corporation, and holds the Chipman family's shares in True North Sports & Entertainment.
*Longboat is currently constructing a new multi-use tower across the street from the MTS Centre, which will include a hotel and commercial space.
Jeffrey N. Vinik-Tampa
* Apart from the Lightning, Vinik is also a minority owner of a little-known baseball team called The Red Sox. He is also on the board of directors for Liverpool Football Club of the English Premier League.
* He has an Engineering degree from Duke and an MBA from an obscure correspondence school called Harvard University.
* Vinik managed Fidelity Magellan Fund from 1992 to 1996, where he averaged 17% annual returns. After leaving Fidelity, he started a hedge fund called Vinik Asset Management. He made investors 93.8% in his first 11 months and approximately 50% a year for the next three years. At the end of 2000, Vinik returned investors $4.2 billion and focused on managing his own portfolio.
* In 1998, Vinik and his wife, Penny, donated $1.25 million to endow a professorship at Duke's engineering school. The next year, they donated $5 million towards facilities at the engineering school. In 2012, they donated $10 million to create a challenge fund to endow associate and full professorships dedicated to addressing complex societal challenges.
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