Andrew Friedman (born November 13, 1976, in Houston, Texas) is the Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Tampa Bay Rays franchise in Major League Baseball. In that position, he acts as the team's General Manager.
Friedman attended Episcopal High School in Houston, and subsequently Tulane University on a baseball scholarship, where he earned a B.S. in management with a concentration in finance at Tulane's Freeman School of Busine...
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Andrew Friedman (born November 13, 1976, in Houston, Texas) is the Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Tampa Bay Rays franchise in Major League Baseball. In that position, he acts as the team's General Manager.
Friedman attended Episcopal High School in Houston, and subsequently Tulane University on a baseball scholarship, where he earned a B.S. in management with a concentration in finance at Tulane's Freeman School of Business. Just as his father Kenny had played baseball for Tulane, he played outfield for the Green Wave until injuring his wrist and shoulder.
Friedman was then an analyst with Bear Stearns from 1999-2002, and then was an associate at MidMark Capital, a private equity firm, from 2002-04.
In 2003, through his investment banking buddy, Matt Silverman (now president of the Rays), he met Stuart Sternberg, who was about to purchase controlling interest in Tampa Bay's baseball franchise. The group convened at a diner near Sternberg's home in Rye, New...
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