Andrew Friedman

Andrew Friedman
Friedman in 2011.
Born	(1976-11-13) November 13, 1976 (age 40) Houston, Texas
Alma mater	Tulane University
Occupation	President of Baseball Operations
Years active	2005-present
Organization	Los Angeles Dodgers

Andrew Friedman (born November 13, 1976 in Houston, Texas) is the President of Baseball Operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously served as the general manager for the Tampa Bay Rays, where Sporting News named him Executive of the Year in 2008. That year, for the first time in franchise history, the Rays both qualified for the playoffs and played in the World Series.

Friedman, who is Jewish, was born in Houston, Texas. He attended Episcopal High School in Houston, and subsequently Tulane University on a baseball scholarship, where he earned a B.S. in management with a concentration in finance at Tulane's Freeman School of Business. Like his father Kenneth, Andrew Friedman played baseball for Tulane.

Friedman was then an analyst with Bear Stearns from 1999–2002, and then was an associate at MidMark Capital, a private equity firm, from 2002-04.

In 2003, Friedman met Stuart Sternberg, the new owner of the Tampa Bay Rays. They realized they had similar ideas about the game and wanted to work together.