Brian Auld is an American

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executive. He is currently the co-president, along with

Matthew Silverman Matthew Silverman (born May 20, 1976) is an American professional baseball executive. He is currently the co-president, along with Brian Auld, of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Biography Silverman is Jewish and was raised in ...

, of the

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(MLB).

Career

Auld received his

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

in economics and

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in education from Stanford University. He obtained his

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

from Harvard Business School. He became the lead teacher and director of development at East Palo Alto Charter School in East Palo Alto, California. Auld joined the Rays as their director of planning and development in June 2005, reporting into

, the team's president. He was later promoted to senior vice president of business operations. When

Andrew Friedman Andrew Friedman is an American baseball executive. He is currently the President of Baseball Operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously served as the general manager for MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays, where '' ...

, the

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of the Rays, left the team to become president of the

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after the 2014 season, Silverman became the team's new general manager, with Auld being promoted to team president.

Personal life

Auld grew up in

Berkeley, California Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and E ...

;

Scarsdale, New York Scarsdale is a town and village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The Town of Scarsdale is coextensive with the Village of Scarsdale, but the community has opted to operate solely with a village government, one of several village ...

;

Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

; and

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...

. He graduated from the

St. Mark's School of Texas The St. Mark's School of Texas is a nonsectarian preparatory day school for boys in grades 1–12 in Dallas, Texas, United States, accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest. History St. Mark's traces its origins to the T ...

. At Stanford, he was captain of the varsity

lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...

team. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida. He and his wife, Molly, have three children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Auld, Brian Living people Sportspeople from Berkeley, California Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences alumni Harvard Business School alumni Tampa Bay Rays executives Major League Baseball team presidents Year of birth missing (living people) Stanford Graduate School of Education alumni St. Mark's School (Texas) alumni Tampa Bay Rowdies executives

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