Sam Schulman
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Born | Century City, California, U.S. | April 10, 1910
Alma mater | B.S. New York University 1932 M.S. Harvard Business School, 1934 |
Occupation(s) | Businessman Entrepreneur Sports franchise owner |
Known for | Owner of the Seattle SuperSonics (NBA) Minority owning partner, San Diego Chargers (AFL/NFL) |
Samuel Schulman (April 10, 1910 – June 12, 2003) was an American businessman from New York who was a founding owner and President of the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association and an owner of the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League, and later the National Football League.[1]
Life and career
Born to a Jewish family[2] on April 10, 1910, in New York City, Schulman graduated from New York University with a bachelor of science degree in 1932.[1] He earned a master's degree from Harvard Business School in 1934. A year later, he took over George McKibben & Son, a bankrupt Brooklyn bookbinding manufacturer, which he turned into a profitable business.[1]
Schulman was a successful Los Angeles businessman involved in the motion picture industry. Although his company was the backer of a number of films, he was rarely listed in any film credits with the exception of a few, the most notable of which was as executive producer of the 1985 production, To Live and Die in L.A..
Following the June 1966 announcement of the merger of the
One of the first big names Schulman brought to the SuperSonics from the
Sam Schulman died from a blood disease in 2003 at the age of 93 at his home in
Sam Schulman received the Pillar of Achievement award from the Southern California Jewish Hall of Fame.[5]References
- ^ The Los Angeles Times
- ^ Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame: "Sam Schulman - Pillar of Achievement 2003"] retrieved April 15, 2017
- The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- ^ "Sam Schulman, 93, Team Owner Who Defied N.B.A. Draft Rules", The New York Times, June 16, 2003
- ^ "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home".