{"id":3058,"date":"2017-10-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/vlogs\/5-minutes-leaders-frank-mccourt-olympique-de-marseille\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T18:14:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T18:14:40","slug":"5-minutes-leaders-frank-mccourt-olympique-de-marseille","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/5-minutes-leaders-frank-mccourt-olympique-de-marseille\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Minutes with Leaders: Frank McCourt, Olympique de Marseille"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/5-Minutes-With-Frank-McCourt-Featured-Image.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Oct 19, 2017                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">5 Minutes with Leaders: Frank McCourt, Olympique de Marseille<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/investment-and-ownership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Investment &amp; 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In 2004, he purchased a controlling interest of the Dodgers from Fox Entertainment Group, and, driven by costly divorce proceedings, sold the team in 2012 for an historic $2.15 billion. In 2008, McCourt bought the operating rights to the Los Angeles Marathon. McCourt\u2019s group changed the route of the Marathon so that it would start at Dodger Stadium. On top of his ownership of the LA Marathon and Olympique de Marseille, McCourt has a 50% stake in the Global Champions Tour which brings together the top 30 riders in the FEI Jumping World Rankings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/5-minutes-leaders-francesco-calvo-fc-barcelona\/\">5 Minutes with Leaders: Francesco Calvo, FC Barcelona<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/5-minutes-leaders-tod-leiweke-nfl\/\">5 Minutes with Leaders: Tod Leiweke, NFL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/5-minutes-leaders-lord-sebastian-coe-iaaf\/\">5 Minutes with Leaders:\u00a0Lord Sebastian Coe, IAAF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Interviewed backstage at the Leaders Sport Business Summit in New York in March, McCourt revealed how the takeover of Olympique de Marseille came about, why the opportunity piqued his interest, why he thinks the Ligue 1 outfit is a \u2018sleeping giant\u2019 in football, the opportunities for growing the brand commercially, and the challenges the French club faces.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympique de Marseille\u2019s Owner explains the reasons behind his takeover of the Ligue 1 outfit, the opportunities for growing the brand commercially and the upcoming challenges the club faces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3059,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[60,59,36],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-3058","vlog","type-vlog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investment-and-ownership","category-leadership-and-culture","category-sport-business"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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