1. William Horlick Neukom was born on 1942 and is an American former managing general partner of the San Francisco Giants baseball team ownership group.
20 Facts About Bill Neukom
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Bill Neukom held this position from May 2008 to December 31,2011, and he was the managing partner when the Giants won the World Series in 2010, the first World Series win since the team had moved to California in 1958.
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Bill Neukom was the principal legal counsel for Microsoft for almost 25 years.
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Bill Neukom was born in 1942 to Ruth and John Goudey Bill Neukom.
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Bill Neukom has three siblings, including a brother Daniel born seven years younger than him, who was a history teacher at Sacramento Country Day School for 44 years.
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Bill Neukom was raised in the Bay Area community of San Mateo, California.
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Bill Neukom graduated from San Mateo High School in 1960.
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Bill Neukom had already established a connection with Bill Gates Sr.
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Bill Neukom eventually rose to the position of Executive Vice President, managing Microsoft's legal, governmental affairs, and philanthropic activities for 17 years.
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Bill Neukom is the co-founder, president, and CEO of the World Justice Project, which works internationally to strengthen the rule of law, aiming to promote the development of communities of opportunity and equity.
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Bill Neukom had been an investor in the Giants since 1995 and on May 16,2008, was named the new Managing General Partner for the Giants.
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Bill Neukom succeeded Peter Magowan, who retired at the end of the 2008 season at the age of 66.
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Bill Neukom became the lead active investor of the team following the reduction of Magowan's ownership interest, the death of Harmon Burns and the death of Sue Burns, who died in 2009.
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On September 14,2011, Bill Neukom announced he was retiring as the Managing General Partner and CEO of the San Francisco Giants effective January 1,2012, and he would be succeeded by Giants executive Larry Baer.
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The San Jose Mercury reported anonymous sources saying that Bill Neukom was forced out due to differences in the ownership group on how to divide up the additional money earned after the Giants won the 2010 World Series.
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Bill Neukom has since married Sally Beard Barnes, with whom he has a stepchild.
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Between 1996 and 2007, Bill Neukom was a member of the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College, and he served as chair of the board from 2004 to 2007.
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Bill Neukom is the founding donor of the Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College, which aims to advance computing resources and applications in multiple aspects of the Dartmouth curriculum.
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In 2006 Bill Neukom committed to a gift of $20 million for the planned construction of a new academic building at Stanford University's law school.
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The structure, named the William H Neukom Building and opened in 2011, is 65,000 square feet and is situated on the existing law school complex.