Fred Wilpon

Fred Wilpon

Fred Wilpon, a graduate of the University of Michigan is a baseball executive with the National League New York Mets of which he became a part-owner in 1980.

Wilpon served as president of the team between 1980 to 2002, as Chief Executive Officer since 1980 and as Chairman of the Board since 2003. In 2002, the Wilpon family purchased the remaining 50% of the Mets from Nelson Doubleday, Jr. for $391 million. Wilpon currently serves as Chairman of Sterling Equities, while his son, Jeff is the COO of the Mets and executive vice president of Sterling.

As a teenager Wilpon was a teammate of Baseball Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax on Brooklyn's Lafayette High School baseball team. Wilpon & Koufax remain close friends, with Koufax an annual visitor at Mets spring training facility in Port St. Lucie Florida.

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