Bio

Mr. Moorad is one of the most recognizable names in professional sports and has been a leader in the sports industry for more than 25 years. The founder of Moorad Sports Management and long-time partner in powerhouse agency Steinberg & Moorad, he began specializing in athlete representation, covering both Major League Baseball (“MLB”) and the National Football League (“NFL”), and negotiated more than $3 billion in athlete contracts over 20 years. From 2004-08, Moorad was General Partner and Chief Executive Officer of the Arizona Diamondbacks. From 2009-12, Moorad was the Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and part-owner of the San Diego Padres. In 2013, with sports industry veteran Peter Ueberroth, he founded Moorad Sports Partners, LLC, a private investment firm that invested in and managed sports-related businesses. He serves as Chairman of Morgan Lewis’s Global Sports Industry Practice, as a principal of Morgan Lewis Consulting, and as an Adjunct Professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, where he teaches an annual “Business of Sports” class.