Michael Jordan is the most prominent investor to join Derek Jeter as a new owner of the Miami Marlins baseball team.
But a list I’ve exclusively obtained shows most of the 16 men — no women — putting up the $1.2 billion in the deal are Wall Street types.
Lead investor Bruce Sherman co-founded money management firm Private Capital Management, which he sold to Legg Mason for $1.3 billion.
The list includes Doug Kimmelman and Peter Labbat of Energy Capital Partners, Viking Global co-founder David Ott, John Troiano of the Beekman Group, Rich Barrera of Roystone Capital Management, Bill Janetschek of KKR and Lou Salvatore of the Blackstone Group.
Others are more entrepreneurial. Chris Mettler is the founder of CompareCards, which rates credit cards, and Ari Ackerman founded Bunk1, a provider of parent-engagement software for summer camps.
LendingTree bought CompareCards for $85 million in November.
Ackerman sold Bunk1 to Togetherwork, which is backed by Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, in April for undisclosed terms. The price was high enough to make Ackerman a part-owner in the Marlins.