Jeffrey Loria
| Jeffrey Loria | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jeffrey Harold Loria November 20, 1940 Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Yale University Columbia Business School |
| Occupation | Art dealer, professional sports franchise owner |
| Parent(s) | Ruth Ost Loria Walter J. Loria |
Jeffrey Harold Loria (born November 20, 1940) is an American art dealer, and the owner of the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball.
Loria was born and raised to a Jewish family in Manhattan, the son of Ruth (Ost) and Walter J. Loria, a lawyer. Loria took an early interest in baseball, attending his first New York Yankees game in the late 1940s. Loria attended New York City's Stuyvesant High School and Yale University, where he initially took pre-med courses. With a requirement to take a history class, Loria chose art history.
After college, he worked in a newly established art-buying program for Sears, launched with the help of actor Vincent Price. In 1965, at the age of 24, he opened his private art dealing business, Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., on Manhattan's Upper East Side and wrote a book, Collecting Original Art. He specializes in 20th century masters. His collection includes works by Pablo Picasso and Henry Moore. Loria graduated from Columbia Business School in 1968 and published his second book, What's It All About Charlie Brown?, a look at life through the Peanuts comic strip (co-written with Pat K. Lynch).
In 1989, Loria purchased the Oklahoma City 89ers, then a Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The team won the American Association championship in 1992. Loria sold the team in 1993 and began looking to buy a Major League team. He lost out to Peter Angelos in his bid to purchase the Baltimore Orioles in 1994.
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