Mar 31, 2011; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants managing general partner Bill Neukom before the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Look: Giants Honor Former Team Owner Bill Neukom Before Home Game

Originally posted on San Francisco Giants on SI
By Matt Postins | Last updated Jul 26, 2025 11:00 AM ET

The San Francisco Giants took a moment during their home game on Friday against the New York Mets to honor a former team owner.

Bill Neukom, who served as the San Francisco Giants’ managing general partner for nearly four years, died last week. He was 83 years old.

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The man who coined the phrase, “The Giants’ Way” as the franchise won the 2010 World Series, was honored by the team before the game as they had a moment of silence at Oracle Park before the first pitch.

The San Mateo, Calif., native grew up in the Bay Area, went to Dartmouth for his undergraduate work and then received his law degree from Stanford.

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Prior to tonight's game, the #SFGiants held a moment of silence to remember Bill Neukom, former San Francisco Giants managing general partner, who passed away last week pic.twitter.com/XDAQATBKBZ
— Oracle Park (@OracleParkSF) July 26, 2025

After a short clerkship and nine years with a small law firm. Neukom joined Shidler, McGroom, Gates and Lucas in Seattle. The Gates, in this case, was Bill Gates Sr., who was one of the managing partners in the firm and the father of Bill Gates, who would eventually found Microsoft.

He served as Microsoft’s outside counsel and eventually became the company’s first general counsel.

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Neukom joined the Giants’ ownership group in 1995. In 2008, he took over as the franchise’s managing general partner, which made him the leader of the ownership group and the public-facing face of the franchise.

He and other investors bought a portion of then-owner Peter Magowan’s stake in the team.

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At the time he took over the Giants were beginning to ascend as an organization. They were in their second season under manager Bruce Bochy and went 72-90 in 2008. The following season, the Giants improved to 88-74, followed by the 2010 season in which San Francisco went 92-70, won the National League West and the World Series.

In September of 2011 he announced he would retire from his role with the team and was replaced by current Giants CEO Larry Baer at the start of 2012.

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