Malcolm Irving Glazer was an American businessman and sports team owner.
14 Facts About Malcolm Glazer
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Malcolm Glazer was the president and chief executive officer of First Allied Corporation, a holding company for his varied business interests, and owned both Manchester United of the Premier League and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.
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Malcolm Glazer began working in his father's watch parts business at age 8.
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Malcolm Glazer obtained the watch repair concession at the Sampson Air Force Base.
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Malcolm Glazer was later the largest shareholder of kitchen designer Formica in 1988 and, later, with motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson.
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Malcolm Glazer owned a diverse portfolio of investments, which included food service equipment, food packaging and food supplies, marine protein, broadcasting, health care, property, banking, natural gas and oil, the Internet, stocks and bonds.
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Malcolm Glazer purchased the Tampa Bay Buccaneers National Football League franchise on January 16,1995, following the death of former owner Hugh Culverhouse.
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Malcolm Glazer served as president of the team, while sons Bryan, Joel and Edward were co-chairmen at the time.
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Malcolm Glazer devoted a significant amount of time working to make the organization more fan-friendly by greatly increasing fan activities at Buccaneers home games through the expansion of the club's community relations and special events departments.
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Malcolm Glazer's takeover was protested by a large portion of United's fans due to financial concerns.
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When Malcolm Glazer suffered a stroke in April 2006, his sons Joel and Avram took over the day-to-day running of the club, and his family continued to control the club following his death in 2014.
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Malcolm Glazer launched the Glazer Family Foundation in 1999, which is dedicated to assisting charitable and educational causes in the Tampa Bay community.
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Malcolm Glazer oversaw the operations of the far-reaching Malcolm Glazer Family Foundation's Vision Program, created in 2006 to provide school children with an opportunity to have vision problems identified in schools at an early age.
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Malcolm Glazer, who had been in poor health since suffering two strokes in April 2006, died at age 85 on May 28,2014.