Full Name
Jimmy Haslam
Job Title
Managing and Principal Partner
Company
Cleveland Browns
Speaker Bio
Dee and Jimmy Haslam have created three primary areas of focus to set the team’s culture in Cleveland and help direct all important processes and decisions for the organization. The club’s standard is centered on providing a consistently winning team on the football field; taking exceptional care of the team’s fans by providing a premier experience throughout the year; and striving to make a positive impact in the Northeast Ohio community with an emphasis on education, youth football, community engagement through volunteerism while advocating for social justice.
The Haslams are committed to restoring championship football in Cleveland. To best position the team for success, the Haslams have consistently invested in the organization and its facilities to provide the best resources available, while working diligently and responsibly in partnership with the City of Cleveland and the City of Berea.
In January of 2019, the Haslams expanded their sports interests and investments when they reached an agreement with Major League Soccer to operate the Columbus Crew. After only two seasons in their role as investor-operators, the club captured MLS Cup 2020, their second championship in league history. Dee has led the efforts to create Lower.com Field, the new Columbus Crew downtown stadium, which officially opened in July of 2021. The dynamic, modern and inspiring stadium is an accessible and inclusive community asset for the city of Columbus and serves as an anchor to the adjacent mixed-use development neighborhood called Astor Park that is set to open in 2023. Additionally, in June of 2021, the Crew opened the Ohio Health Performance Center, a new dynamic 42,000 square feet, first-in-class MLS training facility for all soccer operations, including First Team and Academy. Dee and Jimmy worked passionately to bring the MLS All-Star game to Columbus and the signature event will be held at Lower.com Field in 2024. Dee was also named to MLS’s Board of Governors. After the family acquired the Crew, they formed the Haslam Sport Group (HSG). In addition to owning and operating the Crew and the Brown, HSG also explores various investment opportunities within the sports and entertainment industries. HSG recently became an investor in Misfits Gaming Group, a global esports and entertainment company.
This past April, HSG added to their sports portfolio when the NBA Board of Governors approved an ownership share purchase of the Milwaukee Bucks by Dee and Jimmy Haslam. The Haslams joined Wes Edens and Jamie Dinan as co-owners of the Bucks. The new ownership group will control and operate the Bucks; Fiserv Forum; the Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin Sports Science Center, the team’s training center, the Wisconsin Herd, the Bucks G League affiliate; and Bucks Gaming, the team’s 2K League affiliate.
The Haslams first became involved in the NFL by acquiring minority ownership of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2008, marking the first time ownership of the franchise expanded beyond the Rooney and McGinley families. The Haslams kept that stake until taking control of the Browns.
On Aug. 2, 2012, Dee, Jimmy and the Haslam family agreed to purchase the Cleveland Browns. The sale was unanimously approved by NFL owners on Oct. 16, 2012, and the closing took place on Oct. 25.
The Haslams have three adult children and six grandchildren.
The Haslams are committed to restoring championship football in Cleveland. To best position the team for success, the Haslams have consistently invested in the organization and its facilities to provide the best resources available, while working diligently and responsibly in partnership with the City of Cleveland and the City of Berea.
In January of 2019, the Haslams expanded their sports interests and investments when they reached an agreement with Major League Soccer to operate the Columbus Crew. After only two seasons in their role as investor-operators, the club captured MLS Cup 2020, their second championship in league history. Dee has led the efforts to create Lower.com Field, the new Columbus Crew downtown stadium, which officially opened in July of 2021. The dynamic, modern and inspiring stadium is an accessible and inclusive community asset for the city of Columbus and serves as an anchor to the adjacent mixed-use development neighborhood called Astor Park that is set to open in 2023. Additionally, in June of 2021, the Crew opened the Ohio Health Performance Center, a new dynamic 42,000 square feet, first-in-class MLS training facility for all soccer operations, including First Team and Academy. Dee and Jimmy worked passionately to bring the MLS All-Star game to Columbus and the signature event will be held at Lower.com Field in 2024. Dee was also named to MLS’s Board of Governors. After the family acquired the Crew, they formed the Haslam Sport Group (HSG). In addition to owning and operating the Crew and the Brown, HSG also explores various investment opportunities within the sports and entertainment industries. HSG recently became an investor in Misfits Gaming Group, a global esports and entertainment company.
This past April, HSG added to their sports portfolio when the NBA Board of Governors approved an ownership share purchase of the Milwaukee Bucks by Dee and Jimmy Haslam. The Haslams joined Wes Edens and Jamie Dinan as co-owners of the Bucks. The new ownership group will control and operate the Bucks; Fiserv Forum; the Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin Sports Science Center, the team’s training center, the Wisconsin Herd, the Bucks G League affiliate; and Bucks Gaming, the team’s 2K League affiliate.
The Haslams first became involved in the NFL by acquiring minority ownership of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2008, marking the first time ownership of the franchise expanded beyond the Rooney and McGinley families. The Haslams kept that stake until taking control of the Browns.
On Aug. 2, 2012, Dee, Jimmy and the Haslam family agreed to purchase the Cleveland Browns. The sale was unanimously approved by NFL owners on Oct. 16, 2012, and the closing took place on Oct. 25.
The Haslams have three adult children and six grandchildren.
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