23 Facts About Jeff Moorad

Jeff Moorad began his career as a sports agent, before serving as General Partner and CEO of MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks, and Vice-Chairman and CEO of MLB's San Diego Padres.

Jeff Moorad concentrated on Major League Baseball and signed a number of athletes, including Will Clark and four other members of the United States national baseball team in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Jeff Moorad was named to The Sporting News' annual 100 Most Powerful People in Sports on eight occasions.

In 2004, Jeff Moorad became an owner and CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

In 2009, Jeff Moorad put together a group to buy the San Diego Padres from John Moores.

In 2010, Jeff Moorad was named one of San Diego's Most Admired CEOs by the San Diego Business Journal.

In March 2012, Jeff Moorad withdrew the group's application to complete the full purchase of the Padres.

Jeff Moorad stepped down as CEO of the Padres later that month, but remained with the team as Vice-Chairman.

Some media outlets speculated that Jeff Moorad was short of the needed support of 22 MLB team owners to complete the purchase of the Padres, though only two were suspected of opposing completion of the purchase.

Jeff Moorad was succeeded by Ron Fowler as lead of the group of any owners transferring ownership to the new purchase.

In 2013, with partner Greg Byrnes, Jeff Moorad founded Jeff Moorad Sports Partners, an investment management company that pursues opportunities in sports-related businesses, including the purchase and management of professional sports franchises.

Jeff Moorad served as PrimeSport's Chairman until its sale to On Location Experiences at the end of 2017.

Jeff Moorad leads a team of more than 50 lawyers assisting clients on sports matters such as stadium and team finance, mergers and acquisitions, media rights, intellectual property, labor and employment, tax, litigation, retail and merchandising, antitrust regulations, and other sports business issues.

Jeff Moorad serves as a principal of Morgan Lewis Consulting, which helps businesses navigate through complex regulatory and legal issues in the US and abroad.

In 2020, MSP bought a "significant" minority stake in the McLaren Racing team, with Jeff Moorad being named to its board of directors.

Jeff Moorad served on the Board of Directors for Oakley, Inc.

Jeff Moorad was the baseball technical consultant for the Universal picture For Love of the Game and had a cameo appearance in the movie.

Jeff Moorad encouraged his clients to donate millions of dollars to charities and their communities, including their own non-profit foundations and alma maters.

Jeff Moorad himself endowed a $100,000 baseball scholarship to his alma mater UCLA, where he has taught a 'Business of Sports' class at UCLA's Anderson School of Management since 2013.

In February 2012, Moorad committed $5 million to his alma mater Villanova University School of Law for the creation of The Jeffrey S Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law.

Jeff Moorad serves as a Vice President of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and is on the board of the Translational Genomics Research Institute, both of which he has helped partner with Augie's Quest.

Jeff Moorad has served as a chairperson of Childhelp's Drive the Dream Gala.

Jeff Moorad then went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from UCLA in 1978, and a Juris Doctor from Villanova University School of Law in 1981.