Matthew Silverman (born May 20, 1976) is an American

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

Brian Auld Brian Auld is an American professional baseball executive. He is the co-president, along with Matthew Silverman, of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. Career Auld received his bachelor's degree in economics and master's degree in educa ...

, of the

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(MLB).

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Silverman is Jewish and was raised in a

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family,New York Times: "Religion and Baseball, a Scheduling Conflict" by Alan Schwartz
October 2, 2008 He graduated

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from

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in 1998 after graduating from

St. Mark's School of Texas The St. Mark's School of Texas is a private, nonsectarian, college-preparatory day school in Dallas, Texas. Established in 1906, St. Mark's educates roughly 900 boys in grades 1-12. St. Mark's is one of the wealthiest day schools in the United ...

in Dallas. Silverman began his career at

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in its

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division. At the company he helped

Stuart Sternberg Stuart L. Sternberg (born August 8, 1959) is an American Wall Street investor. He is the principal shareholder of the ownership group that owns the Tampa Bay Rays and acts as the team's Managing General Partner since November 2005. Early life T ...

structure his bid to purchase a controlling interest in

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. Silverman was hired as president of the team and became part of the transition group that changed the name of the franchise from the Devil Rays to the Rays. Under his leadership, the team moved from last place to a berth in the

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in 2008. In January 2009, Street & Smith's ''Sports Business Journal'' named Silverman to its 2009 "Forty Under 40" list which honors accomplished and promising sports executives under the age of 40. Silverman served as team president for nine years before he was named the director of baseball operations in 2014. He returned to the role of team president in 2017. He currently resides in

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, and he is the team representative at the Tampa Bay Partnership. He is a board member of the Pinellas Education Foundation, the

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, the Hillsborough Education Foundation, and Starting Right, Now.

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