Vincent Joseph Naimoli (September 16, 1937 – August 25, 2019) was an American businessman, and the first owner of the
Major League Baseball
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team the
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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Biography
Naimoli's father was an Italian immigrant who worked for the
New York City Subway system and became a self-taught stationary engineer. Naimoli was born in
Paterson, New Jersey
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, graduating in 1959 and earning a master's degree in mechanical engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology
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in 1962. Naimoli received a Master of Business Administration
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degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University
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