1. Jeff Luhnow was born on June 8,1966 and is a Mexican and American former baseball executive and owner of Mexican club Cancun and Leganes of Spain.
19 Facts About Jeff Luhnow
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Jeff Luhnow worked for the St Louis Cardinals in their scouting department from 2003 through 2011, before joining the Houston Astros in December 2011.
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On January 13,2020, Luhnow was fired by the Astros after Major League Baseball suspended him for the entire 2020 season as a result of the electronic sign-stealing scandal.
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Jeff Luhnow was born in Mexico City to American parents, and raised in the Lomas de Chapultepec neighborhood.
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Jeff Luhnow attended schools in Mexico City through 10th grade and a preparatory high school in California for his 11th and 12th-grade years.
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Jeff Luhnow graduated from the Webb School of California and holds dual Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in economics and engineering.
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Jeff Luhnow earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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Jeff Luhnow worked for McKinsey and Company, a global management consulting firm, for five years.
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Jeff Luhnow founded and was president and chief operating officer of Archetype Solutions, and was general manager and vice president of marketing for Petstore.
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Jeff Luhnow joined the front office of the St Louis Cardinals in 2003.
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Jeff Luhnow's hiring initially prompted skepticism, since he had no previous experience in baseball and had not played the sport since high school.
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Jeff Luhnow began as the Cardinals' vice president of baseball development, as he established a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic and extended the Cardinals' scouting in Venezuela.
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Jeff Luhnow was named vice president of scouting and player development in 2006.
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From 2005 to 2007, the first three Cardinals drafts overseen by Jeff Luhnow produced 24 future major leaguers, the most of any team during that period.
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The Houston Astros announced Jeff Luhnow's hiring as the team's general manager on December 8,2011, replacing Ed Wade.
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Jeff Luhnow received a contract extension at an undisclosed time in 2014.
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In May 2021, Jeff Luhnow had shown interest in acquiring a Mexican soccer team, during which time he was part of a group that negotiated the purchase of Atletico San Luis, although the purchase agreement did not materialize.
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Subsequently, in January 2022, Jeff Luhnow headed an investment fund that completed the purchase of the Mexican team Cancun that participates in the Liga de Expansion MX.
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On June 23,2022 Jeff Luhnow bought Leganes who were then in LaLiga Smartbank through the company Blue Crow Sports.