Kevin S McClatchy was born on January 13,1963 and is the chairman of McClatchy and former owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.
13 Facts About Kevin McClatchy
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Kevin McClatchy led a group of investors that purchased the team in 1996, and served as the team's CEO and lead owner until 2007, when Bob Nutting took over as lead owner, and McClatchy and Nutting hired Frank Coonelly to become CEO.
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Kevin McClatchy is a grandson of the eminent diplomat and historian George F Kennan.
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Kevin McClatchy's great-grandfather Charles Kenny McClatchy edited The Sacramento Bee for 53 years and was a founder of McClatchy Newspapers.
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An alumnus of the Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, New York, Kevin McClatchy went on to graduate from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
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Kevin McClatchy was the leader and plurality investor in a group that paid $95 million for the Pittsburgh Pirates in February 1996.
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Kevin McClatchy immediately assumed the posts of managing general partner and chief executive officer, becoming the public face of the ownership group.
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Kevin McClatchy was a member of Major League Baseball's executive council and the labor and international committees.
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The Nuttings mostly shied from the spotlight and allowed Kevin McClatchy to continue serving as the main or even sole voice of the ownership group.
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In 2006, Kevin McClatchy speculated openly about resigning, possibly even selling the team, if the Pirates did not improve.
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Kevin McClatchy affirmed that he was frustrated with his own team, referencing popular and political complaints about the "promise" he made that the publicly funded PNC Park would provide the owners with all the resources they needed to field a winning team.
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On October 4,2006 Kevin McClatchy announced that despite another losing season, he would remain in his offices, and made only a few minor personnel changes.
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On September 22,2012, Kevin McClatchy came out as gay in an interview with Frank Bruni of The New York Times.