Following his retirement from baseball in 2014, Derek Jeter launched The Players’ Tribune in order to provide professional athletes with a platform all their own. Still, when asked about his future in baseball, he has always stated that he wanted to become an owner some day. Now that day has arrived with Jeter’s investment group, which also includes politician Jeb Bush, winning the bid for the Miami Marlins.
Over the last few months, we have learned that polarizing baseball owner Jeffrey Loria wanted to get out of the business. After taking bids from multiple investment groups—including one led by Mitt Romney’s son Tagg and another led by New York businessman Wayne Rothbaum—the Jeter/Bush group won on a $1.