Frank McCourt
Businessperson, Sports Team Owner
1953 –
Who is Frank McCourt?
Frank H. McCourt is an American businessman, president of the McCourt Group and owner of the Los Angeles Marathon. He was owner and chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine from 2004–12.
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.
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- Born
- Aug 14, 1953
Boston - Spouses
- Jamie McCourt
(1979 - )
- Jamie McCourt
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Southern California
- Georgetown University
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on July 23, 2013
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