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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