Matthew Silverman is an former investment banker who is currently the President of the Tampa Bay Rays

Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays are a member of the Eastern Division of MLB's American League. Since their inception in , the club has played at Tropicana Field...

. After graduating cum laude from Harvard and working for Goldman Sachs, he took the position in October 2005 when control of the team transferred to new majority owner Stuart Sternberg

Stuart Sternberg

Stuart L. Sternberg is a Wall Street investor. He is the principal shareholder of the ownership group that owns the Tampa Bay Rays, and has acted as the team's Managing General Partner since November 2005....

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Prior to his current position, Silverman worked at Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...

 in its Merchant Banking Division, alongside Sternberg. He assisted in putting together Sternberg's bid to purchase controlling interest in the Rays.

He currently resides in Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

. He is the team representative at the Tampa Bay Partnership, and is a board member of both the Pinellas Education Foundation and the Hillsborough Education Foundation.

External links

• Matthew Silverman Profile at the Tampa Bay Rays Official Website