Former Giants managing general partner, longtime lead Microsoft attorney Bill Neukom dies at 83

San Francısco (AP) -Ekibin in 2010 when the first World series in the world, for a long time, for a long time Microsoft lawyer General Partner Bill Neukom’u former San Francisco Giants died. He was 83 years old.

The team announced Neukom’s death on Thursday. No additional information was given.

After the 2011 season, Neukom retired for his role after the first seizing the Giants 2010 World series from all three years of title, which included championships in 2012 and 2014.

The victory of 2010 marked the team since the west in 1958.

“Bill will always have a special place in our hearts and in the history of franchisees, L Larry Baer, CEO of Giants, said. “It was effective in helping this organization and its players to bring the first World Series Championship to San Francisco in 2010. Bill is always not only the leadership of this storey organization, but also the fact that it will bring a glove to try and capture colored spring bonds and foul balls.

Neukom, an enthusiastic runner who completed more than half a dozen marathon, first joined the ownership group in 1995 and became a general partner in 2003. When Peter Magowan retired after the 2008 season, Neukom directed Generally.

He developed a hunting called “Giants Yolu ın of playing baseball.

“My opinion is that we stick to the small league level and to the end,

After his retirement, Neukom was included in the giants as President Emeritus.

In the nearby San Mateo, he rooted for giants, and at that time he grew up with Charlie Graham, owner of San Francisco Seals. Neukom also liked to ride a horse and remained active despite the hip prosthesis surgery during the term of office of the giants.

Neukom, who worked as the best advisor for Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, has been the company’s chief lawyer for nearly 25 years. The Microsoft shares were quoted in 2001 and their estimated was worth 107 million dollars. Legal company Kirkpatrick and Lockhart Preston Gates were partners in Ellis’s Seattle office. He was also former president of the American Bar Association, which served in 2007-08.

Neukom also founded the World Justice Project in 2006, a multinational, multi -disciplined initiative to strengthen the rule of law worldwide.