Harold Steinbrenner (born December 3, 1969) is an American businessman best known as the Chairman and Managing General Partner of

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, which owns the

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and minority shares of American soccer club

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and Italian soccer club

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. He and his siblings inherited control of the team from their father,

George Steinbrenner George Michael Steinbrenner III (July 4, 1930July 13, 2010) was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees from 1973 until his death in 2010. He was the longest-serving own ...

, who died in 2010.

Biography

Family and education

Hal Steinbrenner is the younger son of George (1930–2010) and Elizabeth Joan Steinbrenner (nee Zieg) (1935–2018). He has two sisters, Jessica Steinbrenner and Jennifer Steinbrenner (formerly Swindal). He is the younger brother of Hank Steinbrenner, who died in 2020. Steinbrenner attended Culver Military Academy and went on to graduate from

Williams College Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was kille ...

in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then earned a

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at the

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in 1994.

Professional career

Starting in 2007, George Steinbrenner gradually ceded day-to-day control of the Yankees to Hal and his other son,

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, as his health worsened. Hal Steinbrenner was elected Chairman of the Board of

on September 28, 2007. On November 20, 2008,

owners approved the shift of day-to-day control of the Yankees from father

to Hal Steinbrenner. On August 30, 2022, Steinbrenner acquired a minority share of Italian soccer club

Other roles

Hal Steinbrenner is Chairman and CEO of Steinbrenner Hotel Properties and is on the board of directors of the

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Personal life

Steinbrenner is a pilot. He owns a GTO single-engine and a

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plane. He is married to Cristina DiTullio, a native of

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. Steinbrenner has a daughter named Katherine (b. 1998) with his first wife Christina Lavery, whom he divorced in 2007.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Steinbrenner, Hal 1969 births Living people New York Yankees owners New York City FC A.C. Milan Major League Baseball executives Major League Baseball owners Major League Soccer owners Warrington College of Business alumni Williams College alumni People from Marshall County, Indiana Steinbrenner family Culver Academies alumni American people of German descent American people of Irish descent