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    William Louis Veeck Jr. (/ ˈ v ɛ k / VEK; February 9, 1914 – January 2, 1986), also known as "Sport Shirt Bill" [1] and "Wild Bill", [2] was an American Major League Baseball franchise owner and promoter.

  3. Feb 28, 2022 · Net worth: $4.6 billion (2020) Purchase price: $323 million (2000) Current franchise valuation: $1.16 billion. Value appreciation: 258%. Annualized appreciation: 6.0%

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    • Angels: Arturo Moreno – $3.6 billion. (Forbes link)
    • Astros: Jim Crane – $1.4 billion. (Forbes link)
    • Athletics: John Fisher – $2.6 billion. (Forbes link)
    • Blue Jays: Rogers Communications, chairman Edward Rogers III – $11.5 billion. (L.A. Times link)
  4. Feb 28, 2022 · Net worth: $11.5 billion (CAD; Rogers family; 2020) Purchase price: $165 million (2000) Current franchise valuation: $1.68 billion. Value appreciation: 913%. Annualized appreciation: 11.1%

  5. Nov 28, 2022 · Or Bill Veeck, author of the seminal text on the business of team ownership, The Hustler’s Handbook—and who at various points in the 1940s and ’50s owned three different MLB teams—subbing ...

  6. Sep 19, 2023 · However, it’s imperative to note Bill wasn’t wealthy; he’d admittedly “hustled” to purchase the Sox in 1975, resulting in his rock drummer son getting a big break as de facto Head of Promotions.

  7. Jan 8, 2012 · Bill Veeck. Bill Veecks one-man carnival came blaring into Chicago on March 10, 1959. He and an investor group bought a majority interest in the Chicago White Sox from Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, granddaughter of the franchise’s founder, Charles Comiskey. The 45-year-old Veeck was coming home.

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