A Look Back at the Yankees Ownership…

I just thought it would be interesting to see the history of Yankees ownership. I think we can all agree that George M. Steinbrenner III was the most successful. Under “The Boss”, the Yankees Yankees have won 10 pennants and six World Series titles. He turned the team into an empire. He bought the team for $10 million back in 1973, and they team is now worth $1.3 billion dollars.

from Wikipedia:

New York Yankees

William Devery and Frank Farrell, co-owners 1903-1915

Tillinghast L’Hommedieu Huston and Jacob Ruppert, co-owners 1915-1922

Jacob Ruppert, sole owner 1922-1939

Heirs of Jacob Ruppert, 1939-1945

Ed Barrow β, team president 1939-1944, chairman 1945

Larry MacPhail β, co-owner, 1945-1947

Dan Topping, co-owner, 1945-64

Del Webb, co-owner, 1945-64

Columbia Broadcasting System, 1964-1973

Team presidents: Dan Topping, 1964-1966; Michael Burke, 1966-1973

George Steinbrenner, 1973- (Principal Owner, Chairperson)

YankeeNets, 1999-2004 (Formed after a merger of the business operations of the Yankees and New Jersey Nets.)

Yankee Global Enterprises LLC, 2004- (New name for YankeeNets after the Nets were sold to Bruce Ratner. Company owns the Yankees and the YES Network.)

George Steinbrenner, Hank Steinbrenner and Hal Steinbrenner, 2007-present