Jeffrey Scott Wilpon (born December 9, 1961) is an American businessman who was an executive vice-president of Sterling Equities, and the owner of the Overwatch League Esports team the New York Excelsior.
[6][7] His brother, Bruce Wilpon, is a partner at Sterling Equities[8] and was married to Yuki Oshima-Wilpon, daughter of Japanese billionaire Kenshin Ōshima.
In 2010, Joel Sherman of the New York Post wrote, "Let's give Jeff Wilpon the benefit of the doubt here for a moment.
"[14] An AL executive added, "The only person with a worse reputation than Jeff Wilpon in the game is [Marlins president] David Samson.
"[14] In 2009, Peter Gammons told ESPN Radio that Mets GM Omar Minaya "isn’t the General Manager.
[16] In September 2014, Wilpon was named as a defendant in a lawsuit by Leigh Castergine, the first female senior vice president of ticket sales in the history of the Mets.
According to the civil complaint filed by Castergine's attorney, Wilpon repeatedly disparaged her for having a child out of wedlock and then terminated her employment when she complained to human resources.
Their son, Bradley Wilpon, was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2014, and has played two summers for the Newport Gulls of the NECBL.
[18] Blizzard Entertainment announced in July 2017 that Wilpon had bought ownership in the New York Excelsior, one of the first seven teams planned for the professional esports Overwatch League.