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.
Observed surface forms (1)
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| Ueberroth | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Olympic Games organizer
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businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ sports executive ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Olympic Order
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surface form:
The Olympic Order
Time Person of the Year ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
Ambassadors International
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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)
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San Jose State University ⓘ |
| familyName |
Peter Ueberroth
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ueberroth
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| fieldOfWork |
business management
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sports management ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| knownFor |
innovative Olympic sponsorship model
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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
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surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
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| 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
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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
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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
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business executive ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ sports executive ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commissioner of Major League Baseball
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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
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surface form:
California
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sportsDisciplineManaged |
Olympic sports
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baseball ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Ueberroth