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Marvin Goldklang is an American businessman. He has been a minority owner of the New York Yankees since 1979 and is the majority owner of both the Pittsfield Suns in Massachusetts and the Charleston RiverDogs in the Carolina League.
He purchased the Charleston RiverDogs in 1989.
He also previously owned the Fort Myers Miracle, the Minnesota Twins' entry in the Class A Florida State League as well as the Hudson Valley Renegades, the Tampa Bay Rays’ affiliate in the short-season New York–Penn League.
He holds a bachelor's degree from the Wharton School and a JD from the Carey School of Law, both at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as an LLM from New York University.
Since 2004, he has been in the Hall of Fame of the South Atlantic League. He was inducted in the Florida State League Hall of Fame in 2010, the New York Penn League Hall of Fame in 2018 and was elected to the board of trustees for Minor League Baseball in 2014.
References
- ^ Sapakoff, Gene (September 19, 2023). "Marv Goldklang, the true star of this Charleston RiverDogs' boom". Post and Courier. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- "Executives". Goldklang Group. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- Maloney, Mark (June 11, 2004). "Foul tips". Lexington Herald-Leader. p. C3. Retrieved January 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Further reading
- Ruttman, Larry (2013). "Marvin Goldklang: Multiple Minor League Team Owner and Baseball Man of Influence". American Jews and America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball. Lincoln, Nebraska and London, England: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 377–386. ISBN 978-0-8032-6475-5. This chapter in Ruttman's oral history, based on an April 22, 2009 interview with Goldklang conducted for the book, discusses Goldklang's American, Jewish, baseball, and life experiences from youth to the present.
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