Stuart L Sternberg was born on August 8,1959 and is an American Wall Street investor.
12 Facts About Stuart Sternberg
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Stuart Sternberg is the principal shareholder of the ownership group that owns the Tampa Bay Rays and acts as the team's Managing General Partner since November 2005.
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The youngest of three children, Sternberg was born on August 8,1959, and raised in a Jewish family on Avenue M in the Canarsie neighborhood of New York's Brooklyn borough He is the son of Beverly and Samuel Sternberg and his parents owned a pillow shop on Flatbush Avenue.
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One of Stuart Sternberg's most cherished memories is when he saw Sandy Koufax pitch while attending his first Major League game with his father at Shea Stadium in 1965.
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Stuart Sternberg has played in various organized baseball leagues over his lifetime and coached his two sons' Little League teams for five years.
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Stuart Sternberg attended yeshiva through third grade, wearing a kippah every day and went to Canarsie High School.
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In 1978, Stuart Sternberg began his professional career trading equity options part-time at the American Stock Exchange while attending St John's University earning a degree in finance.
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Stuart Sternberg has served on several committees and advisory boards in the financial securities industry.
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Stuart Sternberg structured his bid for controlling interest in the team with fellow Goldman Sachs partner Matthew Silverman whom he hired as the team's president.
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In February 2011, an article in Business Insider speculated that Stuart Sternberg would be a potential owner of the New York Mets.
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Two major factors that supported the theory is that Stuart Sternberg is a Mets season ticket holder and that Stuart Sternberg had expressed negative feelings about the Rays due to low fan attendance.
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Stuart Sternberg said he was happy with the Rays and has no interest in buying another team.