Stuart L. Sternberg Principal Owner

Stuart L. Sternberg is the Principal Owner of the Tampa Bay Rays. The youngest of three children, he was born and raised in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, NY.   Sternberg's passion for baseball developed as a child while playing the game in the streets and playgrounds of his neighborhood. Sternberg has played in various organized baseball leagues and has especially enjoyed coaching his two sons' Little League teams for the past ten years. One of Sternberg's most cherished memories is of watching Sandy Koufax pitch while attending his first Major League game, with his father, at Shea Stadium in 1965.   During the twenty-five years that he spent in the financial securities industry, Sternberg demonstrated an ability to develop and lead businesses to realize their maximum potential. In 1978, he began his professional career trading equity options at the American Stock Exchange. Sternberg went on to become a partner at Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, and then moved to The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., retiring as a partner in 2002. He has served on various committees and advisory boards in the financial securities industry.   In February 2006, Stuart was named to H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute's National Board of Advisors, chaired by veteran ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson. Sternberg resides in Rye, NY with his wife and four children.