Jewish billionaire Steve Cohen is set to become the next owner of the New York Mets baseball team.
The deal, rumored to be around a record $2.4 billion, needs to be approved by Major League Baseball.
Cohen, a hedge fund manager who grew up one of eight children in a Jewish family and whose father worked in New York’s garment district, had widely been expected to be the Mets’ next owner, as the Wilpons and Saul Katz — both Jewish — have looked for potential buyers over the past year.