George steinbrenner

GEORGE STEINBRENNER

Kevin MorseEntrepreneurship- Period 7

“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

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

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

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

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

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

Visual Aids

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