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Steve Cohen’s Amazon Maddening,Money Losing Bid

Steve Cohen's Amazing, Annoying, Failing Attempt to Take Over New York

Cohen, formerly a representation of Wall Street excess, has generously financed the Mets, making him Queens' most adored millionaire. Is that sufficient to change the team's past? Steven A. Cohen received an unusual request in the early 2020s, before the New York Mets were his: Justin Verlander, the Houston Astros' ace at the time, wanted to talk with him.

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Baseball was not the topic. Cohen, a hedge fund billionaire, said in an interview while strolling between practice fields at the Mets' spring training facilities. "He was curious in hedge fund investments," Cohen added. "Through a friend, I got to know him. Certainly, I'll assist you. Let me assist you as you consider it. When not? Cohen's life included many aspects. At that time, a lot had changed, and a lot more would happen soon. He had been a financial outcast seven years prior, with his company being held up as an example of Wall Street wrongdoing due to insider trading crimes and the roughly $2 billion in associated fines. The stakes of this conversation, which Verlander remembered as a "goodness of his heart" act by Cohen with "probably very dumbed down" broad guidance, were presumably lower, meant to create more good will than scrutiny, with Cohen prepared to soon enter Major League Baseball's ownership ranks. Yet, they remained in touch. In another lavish Mets off-season, Verlander became Cohen's prized acquisition in December. His $43.3 million deal represents about one-eighth of the team's recordbreaking 2023 payroll.

Those who receive the The rest have also been quick to use their new link. The owner responded in a performatively deceptive manner, "There might have been other players who are interested. Friends claim that Cohen has always enjoyed being the man to see.

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These individuals are well paid in general, right? And they're seeking counsel," he declared. Kind of my area of expertise, right? Teams are owned by people for a variety of reasons, including boredom, devotion, civic duty, and macho flex. Stories can be changed, and images can be edited. History is both written and rewritten by winners. As he enters his third season in command, Cohen has likely emerged as American sports' most

prominent, paradoxical, adored, despised, and limit-pushing new owner. He is both an extreme example of a type and the charitable steward who is willing to risk financial loss. His tenure has shot toward something that might feel like a referendum for the man, the Mets, their city, and the sport itself. It is a demonstration of how much money he has amassed and a model all his own.

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By transitioning over the past ten years from a reclusive symbol of scofflaw capitalism to an affable Twitter user who could probably be elected Queens borough president by acclamation, Cohen, 66, has pulled off a remarkable reversal in public stature.

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swindled Wilpon family to a white-collar boundary-pusher who has long been regarded as neither lovable nor a loser, the team has quickly lost its established reputation as lovable losers.

A rising macher has found a home in New York's political class thanks to Cohen, who generously supports important politicians. as he envisions turning the area around Citi Field into a casino and entertainment district.

Baseball is also dealing with the effects of Cohen's extravagant spending in the most affluent major league in the country, where there is no salary cap to restrain him and just one team thought to splurge on Super Bowl advertising simply because it could. The Yankees' general manager, Brian Cashman, told reporters in December that "you can't not take notice of it."

Chris Christie, a personal friend of the Mets and a former governor of New Jersey, compared Cohen to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and stated, "He will change this game." At a community event at Citi Field in January, Joe Kessler, a 61-year-old retiree from Bayside, Queens, implored Cohen to "keep spending." The Mets were completing the installation of the biggest scoreboard in the league.

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agreement with the ire of the other owners, "they'll find me rubbed out somewhere."

Cohen's analysis, which was based on dozens of interviews with allies, rivals, current and past employees and players, is at once paradoxical and straightforward: He has the ability to be stern and caring, openminded and closed off, devoted to the process but seemingly certain of his own success in any endeavor. Here is a man who possesses everything, with the exception of complete

control over his public legacy, hoping that his knowledge and financial clout will enable him to sway a strange world to his will since winners always prevail, and who is Steve Cohen?

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His view of subordinates, according to many who know him, can also be binary: idiots or stupid and moneymakers, doers, and dudsresulting in sometimes brutal workplace interactions. Business partners have frequently been criticized in front of colleagues, having their intelligence called into question with a barrage of expletives. He has asked his traders, peppering them with expletives, "That's your greatest suggestion." "Are you a moron?" Cohen's multiple positions now, at the very least, can cause some minor surface tensions. He is an obsessive trader who just

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He is an avid ticker-reader who could not stop gushing about the preseason "feel."

He is a well-known bottomline monitor and appears unconcerned with the hundreds of millions of dollars he stands to lose this season on the team, which several executives have expressed concern about. point72, his hedge fund, now devote some of their time.

The Mets' seasoned manager Buck Showalter observed, "He does a tremendous job of eliminating excuses.

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Even Cohen's speaking style exhibits a wear-you-down tenacity. He frequently starts sentences with "listen" and finishes them with "right? ", a tic that amply expresses his intentions: Listen to him out, and then graciously concur. Yet, during the course of nearly two hours in Port St. Lucie late last month, trailed by Christie and two communications assistants, Cohen argued that time had softened his edges and that he had matured emotionally. Cohen occasionally aimed for bland modesty, oblivious to the fans there sporting shirts featuring his portrait beneath a photoshopped crown. I'm not the focus of this.Some moments in Cohen's extensive Mets career

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talk with him.

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Some episodes were more lavish, fantasy-camp-style extravagances to go along with Cohen's increasing wealth. He bought the ball that Bill Buckner squirted through his legs to win the 1986 World Series for around $400,000. He and his wife, Alex, won a charity auction in 1999 that required Bobby Valentine, the Mets manager at the time, to make lasagna for 20 guests at the Cohen home in Greenwich, probably for much less. Valentine recalled, Connecticut. The family also engaged Art Shamsky, a member of the 1969 World Series champions, for private instruction in Central Park when Cohen's little son appeared ready for batting practice years ago. Shamsky brought a hitting tee that frequently felt just ornamental.

The child, who now works in cryptocurrency, simply wanted to chase

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has characterized the failure as an overall benefit with the simple lesson of "Bid more."

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But, Cohen's efforts were also overshadowed by the escalating issues at S.A.C. Capital, his company. Cohen and his hedge fund had a reputation for almost supernatural market timing during the turbulent, opportunity-rich 1990s and early 2000s. They appeared to pick the correct side of every deal, with average yearly profits around 30%.

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Cohen was talented, according to his rivals, who described him in the same manner that baseball fans described the drug era's titans. Yes,

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to have taken part in illicit trade. At the time, Preet Bharara, the US attorney in Manhattan, watched Cohen with great determination. (Asks for comment to Bharara went unanswered.)

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Despite the fact that Cohen was never personally indicted, S.A.C. admitted guilt for insider trading violations in 2013, becoming the first significant Wall Street company to do so in a generation. Cohen made fine payments totaling $1.8 billion. He switched to a "family office," Point72, that would manage a large portion of his personal fortune, which Forbes estimates to be worth more than $17 billion today, during a required

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was going through some extremely difficult moments." You can conduct discussions in a way thatYou just cannot interact with others who haven't gone through that kind of public scrutiny.

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Christie remembered that before Cohen gave him any advice, he inquired, "Did you do it?" Christie remarked, "Only a friend could honestly ask that." I replied, "No. Then he responds, "Oh, screw it. Keep fighting through everything, and just hang in there.

The phrase "Potentially Strategic Humility" Governor Kathy Hochul's inauguration ceremony in January in Manhattan's Gotham Hall was attended by a who's who of notables, including friends, donors, and real estate moguls.

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