Nelson Doubleday Junior
Nelson Doubleday Jr. (born July 20, 1933 in Oyster Bay , New York , † June 17, 2015 in Locust Valley , New York) was the son of Nelson Doubleday and grandson of Frank Nelson Doubleday , the founder of the publishing company Doubleday . From 1985 to 2002 he was a co-owner of the New York Mets .
Doubleday and Fred Wilpon headed a group of investors who bought the New York Mets on January 24, 1980 for a rumored US $ 21.1 million - the record sum for an American franchise company at the time. Eighty percent of that amount was raised through the Doubleday Publishing Company . On November 14, 1986, these shares were acquired by Doubleday and Wilpon for $ 80.75 million. In August 2002, after long disagreements, the two agreed that Wilpon should take over the Mets in full. Ultimately, this Doubleday paid for half of it to 135 million US dollars.
Doubleday also sold its shares in the Doubleday Group in 1986 to Bertelsmann for $ 475 million .
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) dedicated the poem "If" to him as the grandson of his publisher Frank Nelson Doubleday.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Doubleday, Nelson Jr. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Doubleday, Nelson Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American publisher and businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oyster Bay , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th June 2015 |
| Place of death | Locust Valley , New York |