| Matthew Silverman | |
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| Tampa Bay Rays | |
| President (withBrian Auld) | |
| Born: (1976-05-20)May 20, 1976 (age 49) Dallas, Texas, U.S. | |
Matthew Silverman (born May 20, 1976) is an American professionalbaseball executive. He was the co-president, along withBrian Auld, of theTampa Bay Rays ofMajor League Baseball (MLB).
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Silverman is Jewish and was raised in aJewish family,[1][2] He graduatedcum laude fromHarvard College in 1998 after graduating fromSt. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas.[1]
Silverman began his career atGoldman Sachs in itsmerchant banking division. At the company he helpedStuart Sternberg structure his bid to purchase a controlling interest inMajor League Baseball'sTampa Bay Devil Rays.[3] Silverman was hired as president of the team and became part of the transition group that changed the name of the franchise from the Devil Rays to the Rays. Under his leadership, the team moved from last place to a berth in theWorld Series in 2008. In January 2009, Street & Smith'sSports Business Journal named Silverman to its 2009 "Forty Under 40" list which honors accomplished and promising sports executives under the age of 40.
Silverman served as team president for nine years before he was named the director of baseball operations in 2014.[4] He returned to the role of team president in 2017 until 2025.
He currently resides inSt. Petersburg, Florida, and he is the team representative at the Tampa Bay Partnership. He is a board member of the Pinellas Education Foundation, thePositive Coaching Alliance,[5] the Hillsborough Education Foundation, and Starting Right, Now.
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