Frank McCourt (executive)
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| Born |
Frank H. McCourt Jr. August 14, 1953 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
| Occupation | Chairman of McCourt LP Chairman & CEO of McCourt Global Former Owner of Los Angeles Dodgers Owner of Los Angeles Marathon Owner of Olympique de Marseille |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Jamie Luskin (m. 1979; div. 2011) Monica Algarra (m: 2015) |
| Children | 5 |
Frank H. McCourt Jr. (born August 14, 1953) is an American businessman, Chairman of McCourt LP, Chairman and CEO of McCourt Global, and current owner of the Los Angeles Marathon and football club Olympique de Marseille. He was owner and chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine from 2004 to 2012.
In 2004, he purchased a controlling interest of the Dodgers from Fox Entertainment Group, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Prior to purchasing the Dodgers and moving to Los Angeles, McCourt was a Boston real estate developer, whose family resided in Brookline, Massachusetts.
In 2013, he donated $100 million to establish the McCourt School of Public Policy, the ninth school of Georgetown University.
On 29 August 2016, Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, the then owner of the French Ligue 1 club, Olympique de Marseille and the Marseille mayor, Jean-Claude Gaudin, stated during a press conference with McCourt that McCourt had agreed to purchase Olympique de Marseille. The deal was completed in Paris on 17 October 2016.
McCourt was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was raised Roman Catholic and attended Georgetown University where he earned an economics degree in 1975. He met his future wife, Jamie Luskin, when they were both freshmen at Georgetown. They married in 1979. The McCourt family has a long association with real estate and construction in the Boston area.
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