Vince Naimoli

Vincent J. (Vince) Naimoli was the founding owner of the American League baseball franchise in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, now known as the Tampa Bay Rays. [Chass, Murray. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE4D8113EF931A25750C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 "BASEBALL: NOTEBOOK; Labor Board's Batting Average Could Favor the Players"] , "The New York Times", March 12, 1995. Accessed December 23, 2007. "In one of the most bizarre presentations at a baseball news conference, the managing partner of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Vincent Naimoli, offered a five-minute discourse on fish after the owners approved a two-team expansion last Thursday."] Wife Naiomi, and sons Charles and Anthony reside in Rochester, New York.

Naimoli, who received an MBA in 1964 from Fairleigh Dickinson University, contributed $1 million in 2007 to be used towards the construction of a baseball complex at his alma mater. [Mooney, Roger. [http://www.bradenton.com/breakingsports/story/289553.html "Naimoli donates $1 million to university"] , "The Bradenton Herald", December 21, 2007. Accessed December 23, 2007. "Naimoli, who earned his MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson in 1964, is the founder and chair of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Major League Baseball team and one of the business world's premiere turnaround specialists."]

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* [http://www.fdu.edu/newspubs/magazine/fw98/alumniprofilenaimoli.html Short biography]