Bryan Glazer (born October 27, 1964) is an American businessman. Together with his brothers, Joel Glazer and Edward Glazer, he owns part of the First Allied Corporation, the

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franchise, and the English

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club

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. His family is based in

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Early life and education

Glazer was born to Linda and

Malcolm Glazer Malcolm Irving Glazer (August 15, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American businessman and sports team owner. He was the president and chief executive officer of First Allied Corporation, a holding company for his varied business interests, ...

, American businessman and billionaire. Glazer received a bachelor's degree from

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in Washington, D.C. He majored in broadcast communications and was a leader of the

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fraternity. He then received a

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degree from the

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located in

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Career

Glazer is currently executive vice-president of the

and was appointed to that position in 1995. He was a key player in the design, development and construction of the Bucs new stadium. He also helped in re-designing the franchise logo. Under Glazer family ownership, the Buccaneers have two

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titles ( XXXVII and LV - which was the first time a Super Bowl team played in its home stadium). Glazer was appointed a director of

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in 1997, and served in that position until his retirement in 2009. Glazer is currently a non-executive director of the

board, appointed by his father,

to replace the resigned members. Along with Andy Anson (Manchester United's commercial director) and Jeffrey Ajluni (Tampa Bay Buccaneers director of marketing and business development), Glazer was a key player in signing

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(AIG) as the club's new shirt sponsor for the 2006–07 season.

Philanthropy

In 2016, Glazer donated $4 million to the renovation and conversion of the

Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory Fort Homer W. Hesterly is a historic building at 522 North Howard Avenue in the West Tampa section of Tampa, Florida. The building and adjacent support structures were originally constructed as a U.S. military facility to house units of both t ...

into the Bryan Glazer Family Jewish Community Center.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Glazer, Bryan 1964 births Living people American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent American soccer chairmen and investors American sports businesspeople American University School of Communication alumni Manchester United F.C. directors and chairmen Tampa Bay Buccaneers executives Whittier Law School alumni Glazer family American billionaires Jewish American sportspeople 21st-century American Jews

Early life and education

Career

Philanthropy

See also

References