george steinbrenner
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GEORGE STEINBRENNER
Kevin MorseEntrepreneurship- Period 7
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“Company”
Ran American Shipbuilding Company early on
Bought the New York Yankees in Yankee Global Enterprises
Formed in 1999 Owned
Yankees YES Network Nets* Devils*
*since discontinued
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Early Life
Eldest child of Henry George Steinbrenner Two younger sisters
Attended Culver Military Academy Later, Williams College Joined the United States Air Force
after graduation
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Major Life Events
1973
•Purchases the Yankees from CBS for a net price of $8.7 million.
1990
•Banned from baseball for life*
•*Would later be reinstated
2002
•Launches the Yes Network
2010
•Dies of a heart attack
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Abilities
• “I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.”
Persistent
• “Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.”
Winner
• “My dad never let me have an allowance. He gave me chickens. I had to feed them, gather the eggs, and sell them. I kept ledgers. I had to run it like a business. When I went off to military school, I sold the business to my sisters for too much, and they haven't liked me since.”
Great Business Man
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Characteristics
Emotional
• Highly intelligent, yet, still often ruled by his emotions
Impulsive
• He was a man of action and often acted without reflection
The Boss
• He needed to be in charge and he was in charge
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Challenges
Successes Failures
Owned his own
cable TV channel
7 World Series
Championships
Turned Yankees
into a billion-
dollar business
Dave Winfield
controversy
Clashed with
managers
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Visual Aids
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Works Cited
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/george_steinbrenner.html
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/george_steinbrenner_timeline_a8mCORDVAb2HrlWgUtg5nL/1
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-weinberger/george-steinbrenners-spli_b_647095.html