Peter Ueberroth

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Peter Ueberroth is an American sports executive and businessman best known for organizing the highly profitable 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and later serving as Major League Baseball’s commissioner in the 1980s.

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instanceOf Olympic Games organizer
businessperson
human
sports executive
awardReceived Olympic Order
surface form: The Olympic Order

Time Person of the Year
boardMemberOf Ambassadors International
Hilton Hotels Corporation
The Coca-Cola Company
The Irvine Company
business First Travel Corporation
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Fremont High School (Sunnyvale, California)
San Jose State University
familyName Peter Ueberroth self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ueberroth
fieldOfWork business management
sports management
givenName Peter
knownFor innovative Olympic sponsorship model
serving as Commissioner of Major League Baseball
turning the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics into a financial success
languageSpoken English
league Major League Baseball
memberOf Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
notableAchievement made the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics highly profitable
notableEvent helped leave a surplus from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics that funded youth sports programs in Southern California
helped secure corporate sponsorships for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
oversaw Major League Baseball during the 1985–1987 collusion cases
notableWork leadership of Major League Baseball during the mid-1980s
1984 Summer Olympics
surface form: organization of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles

role in restructuring Olympic sponsorship and television rights
occupation baseball executive
business executive
entrepreneur
sports executive
positionHeld Commissioner of Major League Baseball
chairman of the United States Olympic Committee
co-chair of the Commission on the Reform of the International Olympic Committee
president of First Travel Corporation
president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee
residence California, United States
surface form: California
sexOrGender male
sportsDisciplineManaged Olympic sports
baseball

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1989 World Series commissioner Peter Ueberroth
Peter Ueberroth familyName Peter Ueberroth self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ueberroth
Commissioner of Baseball notableHolder Peter Ueberroth
Fay Vincent predecessor Peter Ueberroth