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He attended [[Roslyn High School]] in [[Roslyn Heights, New York]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3776403 | title=Mets say team isn't for sale | accessdate=August 13, 2009 | date=December 17, 2008 | publisher=[[The Associated Press]]}}</ref>
He attended [[Roslyn High School]] in [[Roslyn Heights, New York]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3776403 | title=Mets say team isn't for sale | accessdate=August 13, 2009 | date=December 17, 2008 | publisher=[[The Associated Press]]}}</ref>

He struggles to put a competitive team out on the diamond for the New York Mets, however he refuses to step aside to allow someone who is more qualified to run the ball club. Even though Jeff's absence is likely the missing link in creating a different culture around Citi Field and all of Metsville, the refuses to see any error in his operations and continues to drive the organization into the ground.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:30, 23 August 2010

Jeffrey Scott Wilpon is the COO of the New York Mets baseball team and the executive vice-president of Sterling Equities. Jeff is the son of New York Mets principal owner Fred Wilpon. Jeff and other Wilpon family members invested with Bernard Madoff's ponzi scheme that collapsed in 2008.[1] Unlike many who lost their investments, it was revealed in the Madoff firms court case, In the Securities Investor Protection Corp. vs. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, USBC SDNY No. 08-01789 that the family partnership run by Wilpon made $48 Million dollars in their dealings with the firm.[2]

He attended Roslyn High School in Roslyn Heights, New York.[3]

He struggles to put a competitive team out on the diamond for the New York Mets, however he refuses to step aside to allow someone who is more qualified to run the ball club. Even though Jeff's absence is likely the missing link in creating a different culture around Citi Field and all of Metsville, the refuses to see any error in his operations and continues to drive the organization into the ground.

References

  1. ^ "Sandy Koufax among those swindled by Madoff". Sports Illustrated. February 5, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "NY Mets owners made about $48 million in Madoff dealings". Reuters. October 21, 2009. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  3. ^ "Mets say team isn't for sale". The Associated Press. December 17, 2008. Retrieved August 13, 2009.