Bill Neukom
American baseball executive
William Horlick Neukom (November 7, 1941 – July 14, 2025) was an American lawyer and baseball executive. He was managing general partner of the San Francisco Giants baseball team ownership group from May 2008 to December 31, 2011. He was the managing partner when the Giants won the World Series in 2010, their first World Series win since the team had moved to California in 1958. Prior to holding this position, he was President of the American Bar Association in 2007–08. He was the principal legal counsel for Microsoft for almost 25 years. He was also the chairman of the law firm of Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP in Seattle, now part of K&L Gates. He was a co-founder and CEO of the World Justice Project.
Early life and education
Neukom was born in Chicago on November 7, 1941, to Ruth (née Horlick) and John Goudey Neukom. He had three siblings, including a brother Daniel born seven years younger than him, who was a history teacher at Sacramento Country Day School for 44 years. He was raised in the Bay Area community of San Mateo, California.
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