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Daniel Marc Snyder (born November 23, 1964) is an American businessman who formerly owned the Washington Commanders, an American football franchise belonging to the National Football League (NFL). He bought the team, then known as the Redskins, from the estate of Jack Kent Cooke in 1999. Snyder is widely considered to be one of the worst owners in the history of professional sports, with the team managing only two playoff wins and six playoff appearances in his 24 years of ownership. Snyder's ownership of the team was also marred by the enablement of a toxic workplace culture, financial improprieties, and allegations of sexual misconduct. By the early 2020s, pressure from other NFL owners and investigations by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and other agencies led him moving to London and selling the team in 2023 to an investment group headed by Josh Harris for $6.05 billion, the largest transaction ever for a sports franchise. Early life and education Snyder was born on November 23, 1964, in Silver Spring, Maryland. The son of Arlette (née Amsellem) and Gerald Snyder, he was raised in a Jewish household. His father was a freelance writer who wrote for United Press International and National Geographic. At age 12, he moved to Henley-on-Thames, a small town near London, where he attended private school. At age 14, he returned to the United States and lived with his grandmother in Queens, New York. A year later, his family moved to Rockville, Maryland, where Snyder graduated from Charles W. Woodward High School.His first job was at a B. Dalton bookstore in White Flint Mall. By age 20, he had dropped out of the University of Maryland, College Park and was running his own business, leasing jets to fly college students to spring break in Fort Lauderdale and the Caribbean. Snyder claimed to have earned US$1 million running the business out of his parents' bedroom with his friend Joe Craig and several telephone lines.Snyder courted real estate entrepreneur Mortimer Zuckerman, whose U.S. News & World Report was also interested in the college market and who agreed to finance his push to publish Campus USA, a magazine for college students. Zuckerman and Fred Drasner, co-publisher of Zuckerman's New York Daily News, invested $3 million in Campus USA. The venture did not generate enough paid advertising and was forced to close after two years. Career In 1989, Snyder and his sister Michele founded Snyder Communications, an advertising company with seed money from their father. They concentrated on wallboards in doctors' offices and colleges. They combined the advertisements with the distribution of product samples, such as soaps and packages of medicine, to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Snyder continued to expand its activities to different aspects of outsourced marketing. In 1992, the company expanded into telemarketing with a focus on the immigrant market. Revenues rose from $2.7 million in 1991 to $9 million in 1993.Snyder became the youngest CEO of a New York Stock Exchange listed company at the age of 32 when it underwent an initial public offering in September 1996. His top investors, including media mogul Barry Diller and Robert Strauss, earned significant returns on their initial investment. Mortimer Zuckerman and Fred Drasner, whom Snyder owed $3 million from the failure of his first business venture, were given company stock, which ended up being worth over $500 million. His parents sold their stock in the company for over $60 million.He continued to expand the company aggressively through a string of acquisitions, such as Arnold Worldwide in 1997. By 1998, the company had over 12,000 employees and $1 billion in annual revenues. In April 2000, Snyder Communications was sold to the French advertising and marketing services group Havas in an all-stock transaction valued at in excess of US$2 billion. Snyder's personal share of the proceeds was estimated to be US$300 million. Washington Redskins / Football Team / Commanders ownership In May 1999, Snyder purchased the Washington Redskins, along with Jack Kent Cooke Stadium for $800 million following the death of previous owner Jack Kent Cooke. At the time, it was the most expensive transaction in sporting history. The deal was financed largely through borrowed money, including $340 million borrowed from Société Générale and $155 million debt assumed on the stadium. To pay down the team's debt, in 2003, he sold 15 percent of the team to real estate developer Dwight Schar for $200 million, 15 percent to Florida financier Robert Rothman for a like amount; and 5 percent to Frederick W. Smith, the founder of FedEx, leaving him with a 65 percent ownership interest. In 2020, Snyder blocked the minority owners from selling their combined 35 percent ownership stake to an outside party by exercising his right of first refusal, only offering to buy back the 20 percent held by Rothman and Smith but not the 15 percent owned by Schar.In April 2021, after a period of litigation, the league approved Snyder for a debt waiver of $400 million to acquire the remaining ownership stake held by the three in a deal worth over $800 million. Due to financial issues and increasing pressure from the NFL and other parties, he hired BofA Securities to explore possible sale transactions in November 2022. Snyder began negotiating to a group led by private equity investor Josh Harris in April 2023, with an agreement being reached in May to sell the franchise for $6.05 billion, the highest price ever for a sports team. The deal was unanimously approved by other NFL owners on July 20, 2023, and closed a day later. He formerly served on the NFL's Broadcast Committee, Business Ventures Committee, Digital Media Committee, International Committee, Stadium Committee, and Hall of Fame Committee. Criticism and controversies Snyder is widely considered to be one of the worst owners in the history of professional sports. Under his ownership, the team had a regular season record of 164–220–2 with a post-season record of 2–6. The media alleged that his managerial style and workplace culture directly affected the team's performance during his tenure as the principal owner. Snyder had arguably the worst fan–owner relationship of any owner in NFL history. Under Snyder, the team sued season ticket holders who were unable to pay during the Great Recession in the late 2000s, despite his claim that there were over 200,000 people on the season ticket waiting list. Partway through the 2009 season, Snyder temporarily banned all signs from FedExField, leading to further fan discontentment. Fans have also expressed discontentment about the game day experience, rising ticket and parking prices, and Snyder's policy of charging fans for tailgates in special areas of the stadium lot. A 2023 survey conducted by the NFL Players Association ranked Washington as the worst team to play for, with the lowest grades for their team faciliti.... Discover the Theresa Snyder popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Theresa Snyder books.

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  • Shifting in The Realms synopsis, comments

    Shifting in The Realms

    Theresa Snyder

    The Realms refers to a parallel dimension hidden between Minneapolis and St. Paul where creatures, human's think of as only mythical, roam free.Cody is a shape shift with some monu...

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    The Heirs of Henu

    Theresa Snyder

    In volume 2 of The Star Traveler Series our mercenaries find themselves embroiled in a drug deal gone bad, in a universe where there is no place to hide.Jake's surrogate dad has in...

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    In2Minds

    Theresa Snyder & David Stevens

    Home World will be burned to a cinder in 170 years when their sun goes supernovae. The time to act is now!Commander Tait volunteers for a oneway mission to terraform a new world fo...

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    Cataclysm

    Theresa Snyder

    Meet the Krackow, a species so advanced in their star travel they do not concern themselves with ecologically destroying their 'home' planet. Once the planet becomes uninhabitable ...

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    Brexit and Ireland

    Tony Connelly

    'Excellent' Sunday TimesBrexit represents potentially the single greatest economic and foreignpolicy challenge to the Irish state since the Second World War. There is hardly any ar...

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    In2Minds3

    Theresa Snyder & David Stevens

    Commander Tait, Melissa and MAI are AIs. As advanced Artificial Intelligence, they have an advantage over their human counterparts. They can shut down and sleep through the evacuat...

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    Dragon Deception

    Theresa Snyder

    Find out what happens when Farloft meets the Dragon Slayer.Dragon Deception is book #3 of the continuing saga of Farloft the Dragon and his friends.In a misguided attempt to thwart...

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    Shifting from Darkness into Light

    Theresa Snyder

    Cody has moved into Simone’s apartment now that she is gone. There is a problem, the place is haunted by a pooka, poltergeist or house elf… or is it? Simone has found herself trapp...

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    Too Many Dragons

    Theresa Snyder

    When East meets West, there will be Dragon Fire!Too Many Dragons is book #4 of the continuing saga of Farloft the Dragon and his friends following Kingdom of the Last Dragons (Book...

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    Shifting In The Realms Collection Books 1-5

    Theresa Snyder

    Escape to The Realms with a shape shifter who prefers his wolfself to his human form. See this magical world through his eyes. Whether human or wolf, Cody/Scar’s world is the most ...

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    Shifting for Better or Worse

    Theresa Snyder

    Enjoy this prequel to the Shifting books of the Twin Cities Series. Meet Charles, Simone’s father and the last of the LightBearers. An elf/man who balances the good in The Realms a...

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    A Gathering of Dragons

    Theresa Snyder

    The Kingdom of Kerth is preparing to go to war with the vastly superior forces of their neighboring Kingdom of Baldar.Farloft has offered to help. He’s going to call in some long o...

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    In2Minds2

    Theresa Snyder & David Stevens

    Commander Tait knows the odds are against him, they always have been, but he is driven to return to Home World to find the love he left behind.Will he find her or will it be anothe...

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    The Beast Within

    Theresa Snyder

    Captain Targus of MT #2424 has found a way to assist his Henu friends in rebuilding the cliff dwellings at Ijul. But, has his innocent actions inadvertently placed a member of the ...

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    A Mear Sleight of Hand

    Theresa Snyder

    It has been two years since Sa'ling saved the alien Henu population and married Taylor. Taylor now has twins of this own. But life is not all diapers and pacifiers.Arr's past has c...

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    The Malefactors

    Theresa Snyder

    In volume 4 of the Star Traveler Series it is the year 3031 A.R. (After Reestablishment) Garrett and Pon's new marriage threatens to shatter before it even has a chance to flower. ...

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    The Helavite War

    Theresa Snyder

    Love character driven scifi? Join Jake and Arr on their adventures.The Helavite War is book #1 of the Star Traveler Adventures“The Helavite War takes me back to when I first read t...

  • The Kingdom of the Last Dragons synopsis, comments

    The Kingdom of the Last Dragons

    Theresa Snyder

    Will the Zonguldak Ruby place the Kingdom under its Spell? Kingdom of the Last Dragons is book #2 of the exciting saga of Farloft the Dragon and his friends, which started with Jam...

  • Shifting Places synopsis, comments

    Shifting Places

    Theresa Snyder

    Mr. Grimm wants his daughter back. Raven kidnapped Angelica over eighteen years ago. The vampire ruler holds her as hostage, blackmailing Grimm to do his bidding with the threat of...