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Fred Wilpon (born November 22, 1936) is an American real estate developer and former baseball executive. He was principal owner of the New York Mets from 1987 to 2020.
Apr 16, 2021 · Six months before Madoff’s death, Wilpon and Katz sold the Mets to billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen for a record $2.4 billion, closing the door on an ownership regime marred by the ...
Jul 14, 2023 · Wilpon and Katz may have been hoodwinked by Bernie Madoff, but they have made a bundle on the Mets—and still are.
After his entanglement in the Madoff Ponzi scheme, the longtime Mets owner Fred Wilpon vowed to fight to keep his team. He did, but the scandal altered the course of his reign.
Sep 27, 2020 · After his entanglement in the Madoff Ponzi scheme, the longtime Mets owner Fred Wilpon vowed to fight to keep his team. He did, but the scandal altered the course of his reign.
Oct 31, 2020 · Jan. 18, 2015: Fred Wilpon is named the head of MLB’s finance committee under commissioner Rob Manfred. May 31, 2016: Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz begin paying the victims of Bernie Madoff’s...
Oct 31, 2020 · The Wilpon family’s control of the New York Mets neared its end after 34 years when Major League Baseball owners voted Friday to approve the sale of the team to billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen.
May 23, 2011 · Nearly a decade ago, Fred Wilpon, the chairman and chief executive of the New York Mets, had his first meeting with the architects of what would become Citi Field, the team’s new ballpark, in ...
Aug 12, 2001 · Fred Wilpon became a New York real-estate plutocrat, the builder of tall towers along gilded blocks of Manhattan avenues, by excelling at the art of the calculated risk.
Fred Wilpon is Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Sterling Equities and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Mets. In 2000, he co-founded and became Chairman of the Brooklyn Cyclones.
