Jeffrey Rosen (businessman)

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Jeffrey H. Rosen
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Alma mater Northeastern University
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Jeffrey H. Rosen is an American billionaire businessman. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He is the founder, chairman, and owner of Triangle Financial Services, a sports and entertainment investment firm, and the owner of both the Maccabi Haifa basketball team in Israel and the Miami Midnites basketball team in the United States.

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Early life

Rosen was born in Brooklyn, New York, raised in Queens, New York, and West Orange, New Jersey, and is Jewish. [5] [6] [7] [8] He attended West Essex High School in New Jersey. [5]

He then attended Northeastern University. [2] There, Rosen earned a political science degree. [5]

Business career

Rosen was the President, COO, and owner (with his brother Lawrence and father Sydney) of Rose Art Industries Inc., a toys, stationery, and art and crafts manufacturing and supply company based in Livingston, New Jersey, from 1977 to 2006. [9] [6] [10] [2] His grandfather had founded the company in 1923. [11] He and his brother and father sold the company in 2005 for approximately $350 million, at a time when it had 1,000 employees and 10% of the US arts and crafts market, behind only Crayola. [10] [11]

Thereafter, Rosen founded, and is the chairman and owner of, Triangle Financial Services LLC, of Aventura, Florida, a sports and entertainment investment firm. [2] [10] [6] It invests internationally in sports enterprises, and sponsors a Hong Kong semi-pro baseball team (the Dragonfliers). [12]

Rosen actively tried to promote baseball in Israel. [10] [13]

In July 2007 Rosen purchased the Maccabi Haifa basketball team. [3] [12] [7] He also owns the Miami Midnites basketball team, which he founded and conceived of as a feeder minor league team for Maccabi Haifa, which plays in the Florida Basketball Association and the American Basketball Association. [14] [15] [16]

He now lives in Aventura, Florida. [10] [16] [17]

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References

  1. ↑ Marcy Oster (October 14, 2010). "U.S. businessmen planning Israeli baseball league". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Jeff Rosen, Triangle Financial Services LLC: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.
  3. 1 2 Kris Koivisto (October 15, 2014). "An Inside Look at Maccabi Haifa". Portland Trail Blazers.
  4. ↑ Mike Waters (April 27, 2012). "Maccabi Haifa owner had no reservations about hiring former Syracuse assistant Bernie Fine". syracuse.com.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Club Owners". Maccabi Haifa - Official Site.
  6. 1 2 3 "Soaring Above the Net". Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ. July 30, 2008.
  7. 1 2 Kaplan, Ron (June 19, 2013). "From worst to first; Former MetroWester kvells as team wins hoop title". New Jersey Jewish News.
  8. ↑ Allon Sinai (June 11, 2014). "A near-perfect execution of the Triangle by Mac Haifa's visionary owner Rosen; Maccabi Haifa owner Jeff Rosen believes his team will win the BSL championship". The Jerusalem Post.
  9. ↑ "Mega Bloks, Major Canadian Toy Maker, Acquires New Jersey-Based Rose Art Industries Group; $350 Million Deal Opens International Markets For Leading U.S. Arts and Crafts Brand; Transaction Immediately Accretive to Earnings Per Share". Business Wire. June 15, 2005.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Zusman, Charles (September 24, 2010). "Maccabi Haifa game for New Jersey". Jewish Standard.
  11. 1 2 Bertrand Marotte (June 16, 2005). "Mega Bloks doubles sales with purchase of Rose Art in U.S." The Globe and Mail.
  12. 1 2 Alex Britell (June 26, 2008). "'Haifa was hungry for basketball'; Maccabi Haifa BC's American owner Jeffrey Rosen plans to inject some razzmatazz into Israeli hoops". The Jerusalem Post.
  13. ↑ Reichard, Kevin (January 21, 2009). "Goldklang, Rosen take run at pro baseball in Israel". Ballpark Digest.
  14. ↑ Glassman, Marvin (June 1, 2015). "Israeli star leads undefeated basketball team". South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
  15. ↑ Sergio Carmona (August 18, 2014). "Maccabi Haifa affiliate wins state title". South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
  16. 1 2 Bach, Trevor (July 7, 2015). "Semi-Pro Miami Midnites Chase Basketball Dreams One Blowout at a Time". Miami New Times.
  17. ↑ Carmona, Sergio (June 21, 2011). "Israeli Basketball team hosts local tryouts". South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
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