Josh Harris Age, Height, Weight: Josh Harris is popularly known as Joshua Jordan Harris, he is an American private equity investor and philanthropist born in December 1964
Josh was raised in the Washington metropolitan region and gained his economics degree from the University of Pennsylvania before getting an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Together with Leon Black and Marc Rowan, Harris co-founded Apollo Global Management in 1990. From the company’s inception until his departure to concentrate on other endeavors, Harris managed the majority of its day-to-day operations.
He oversaw the investment groups who bought the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the early 2010s.
Also, together with a fellow investor, David S. Blitzer, he founded Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE) in 2017, which manages the 76ers and Devils among other brands and properties.
Harris is also a general partner of Crystal Palace F.C. of the Premier League and a minority owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL).
As a philanthropist, in 2014, Harris founded the Harris Family Charitable Foundation, now known as Harris Philanthropies.
In 2015, he committed to donate $3.5 million over a span of five years to the Philadelphia Police Athletic League.
In February 2019, he donated $10 million to the University of Pennsylvania and established the Harris Family Alternative Investments Program for the school
In August 2020, Harris donated $2 million to The Bridgespan Group to launch a leadership program to serve Philadelphia-area nonprofit organizations
In April 2023, Josh Harris hit major headlines after he and Washington Commanders owner, Dan Snyder reached a preliminary nonexclusive agreement on a sale of the franchise to Harris’ group for an NFL-record price of $6.05 billion
The nonexclusive deal is fully financed but not signed, meaning another group could still come in and buy the team. Any deal also has to be submitted and approved by league owners.
The National Football League will have to approve this deal once both parties finalize the contract details and negotiations.
Josh Harris Age
Josh Harris celebrated his 58th birthday in December 2022. He was born in December 1964 in Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States. Harris will be 59 in December this year (2023).
Josh Harris Height & Weight
The American private equity investor and philanthropist, Josh Harris’s height and weight were not available at the time of this writing.
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