Neil Hirsch

Neil Hirsch is an American businessman. He is the founder of Telerate, and the current owner of Loanet and the BlackWatch Polo Team.[1]

Biography

Neil Hirsch was born in 1948.[1] At the age of 21, he dropped out of college and founded Telerate, a global communications network, where he served as President and Chief Executive.[1][2][3] By 1990, he sold to Dow Jones & Company for more than $1.5 billion.[1] He later founded Loanet, a securities-tracking firm, and he serves as its Chairman.[4]

In 1995, he co-founded the Bridgehampton Polo Club with his childhood friend Peter M. Brant.[5][6] He served as its President for many years.[7] In 2011, he sold his share to Peter Brant.[3] He owns the BlackWatch Polo Team.[1][3][8]

Divorced from comedian Caroline Hirsch, he lives in Wellington, Florida.[4]

References
  1. Leitzes, Adam & Joshua Solan "A Pioneer's Perspective", Forbes Magazine, December 28, 2000.
  2. Reuters, "The Media: Dow Jones Makes an Offer for Remainder of Telerate", The Los Angeles Times, September 22, 1989.
  3. 'Hamptons polo gets swankier', in The New York Post, June 16, 2011
  4. Stern, Jared Paul Stern "Hamptons Heat Wave: The Mile-High Club", New York Magazine; accessed September 15, 2016.
  5. Bensimon, Kelly Killoren, "My Polo – Mercedez Benz Bridgehampton Polo" Archived 2016-09-19 at the Wayback Machine, kellykillorenbensimon.com, August 17, 2010.
  6. 'They've Got Game', in New York Magazine
  7. Choire Sicha, "The Polo Crashersin", The New York Observer, July 25, 2005.
  8. Tim Padgett, "The Dead Polo Ponies and Their Millionaire Owner", Time magazine, April 23, 2009.
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