Arturo "Arte" Moreno (born August of 1946) is an American billionaire of Mexican descent. On May 15, 2003, he made history by becoming the first Hispanic to own a major sports team in the United States when he purchased the Anaheim Angels baseball team from the Walt Disney Company.
Moreno is a native of Tucson, Arizona, and the oldest of 11 children. Moreno graduated from high school in 1965 and was drafted into the United States Army in 1966, fi...
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Arturo "Arte" Moreno (born August of 1946) is an American billionaire of Mexican descent. On May 15, 2003, he made history by becoming the first Hispanic to own a major sports team in the United States when he purchased the Anaheim Angels baseball team from the Walt Disney Company.
Moreno is a native of Tucson, Arizona, and the oldest of 11 children. Moreno graduated from high school in 1965 and was drafted into the United States Army in 1966, fighting in the Vietnam War. After returning to civilian life in 1968, he enrolled in the University of Arizona.
In 1973, Moreno graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in marketing. That same year, he was hired to work at the Eller Outdoor advertising company.
Moreno would travel across the country for the next seven years, Eller Outdoor relocating him several times. However, in 1984, he moved back to Arizona, settling in Phoenix, where he was hired by billboard company Outdoor Systems.
It was while with Outdoor Systems that...
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