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Peter Ueberroth

1937 - Today

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Peter Victor Ueberroth (; born September 2, 1937) is an American sports and business executive known for his involvement in the Olympics and in Major League Baseball. A Los Angeles–based businessman, he was the chairman of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee which brought the games to Los Angeles in 1984. Ueberroth was named 1984's Time Man of the Year for his success in organizing the Olympic Games, and was also named The Sporting News Sportsman of the Year. After the conclusion of the games, he was named as the sixth commissioner of baseball, a role he held from 1984 to 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Peter Ueberroth is the 723rd most popular businessperson (down from 701st in 2024), the 12,333rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,796th in 2019) and the 254th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Peter Ueberroth ranks 723 out of 847. Before him are Michael Durant, Horace Elgin Dodge, Sumner Redstone, Charles Saatchi, Daniel Levy, and John Wanamaker. After him are Ellen Stewart, Cameron Mackintosh, Jimmy Iovine, German Khan, Bob Lutz, and Ashley Biden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Peter Ueberroth ranks 536. Before him are Jarosława Jóźwiakowska, Dee Palmer, Oleg Kopayev, Tom Paxton, Ollan Cassell, and Tony Waiters. After him are Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Edna Adan Ismail, Benjamin Whitrow, Nelson Kuhn, Donnelly Rhodes, and Viktor Yakushev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Ueberroth ranks 12,336 out of 20,380. Before him are John McNaughton (1950), Amanda Peterson (1971), John Wanamaker (1838), Danja (1982), Tom Dowd (1925), and Len Wein (1948). After him are Gene Siskel (1946), Lisa Rinna (1963), Penelope Spheeris (1946), Freddie Prinze (1954), Mary Wells (1943), and Bailey Jay (1988).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Peter Ueberroth ranks 254. Before him are Chris Hughes (1983), Samuel Brannan (1819), Michael Durant (1961), Horace Elgin Dodge (1868), Sumner Redstone (1923), and John Wanamaker (1838). After him are Ellen Stewart (1919), Jimmy Iovine (1953), Ashley Biden (1981), Marissa Mayer (1975), Reid Hoffman (1967), and Carole Baskin (1961).

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