Jeffrey H. Rosen is an American billionaire businessman. He is the founder, chairman, and owner of Triangle Financial Services, a sports and entertainment investment firm, and the owner of both the Maccabi Haifa basketball team in Israel and the

Miami Midnites The Miami Midnites are a professional minor league basketball team based in Miami, Florida. Established in 2014, the club was an affiliate of the Maccabi Haifa B.C. of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, The team is owned by Jeffrey Rosen, CE ...

basketball team in the United States.

Early life

Rosen was born in Brooklyn, New York, raised in Queens, New York, and West Orange, New Jersey, and is Jewish. He attended West Essex High School in New Jersey. He then attended

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in ...

. There, Rosen earned a political science degree.

Business career

Rosen was the President, COO, and owner (with his brother Lawrence and father Sydney) of Rose Art Industries Inc., a toys, stationary, and art and crafts manufacturing and supply company based in Livingston, New Jersey, from 1977 to 2006. His grandfather had founded the company in 1923. He and his brother and father sold the company in 2005 for approximately $350 million, at a time when it had 1,000 employees and 10% of the US arts and crafts market, behind only Crayola. Thereafter, Rosen founded, and is the chairman and owner of, Triangle Financial Services LLC, of Aventura, Florida, a sports and entertainment investment firm. It invests internationally in sports enterprises, and sponsors a Hong Kong semi-pro baseball team (the Dragonfliers). Rosen actively tried to promote baseball in Israel. In July 2007 Rosen purchased the Maccabi Haifa basketball team. He also owns the

basketball team, which he founded and conceived of as a feeder minor league team for Maccabi Haifa, which plays in the Florida Basketball Association and the

American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...

. He now lives in Aventura, Florida.

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Businesspeople from Brooklyn People from Queens, New York People from West Orange, New Jersey People from Aventura, Florida Northeastern University alumni West Essex High School alumni American Jews American businesspeople American chief operating officers American investors American toy industry businesspeople American sports owners Maccabi Haifa B.C. American billionaires {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosen, Jeffrey