Pasquale "Pat" Croce (born November 2, 1954) is an American entrepreneur, sports team executive and owner, author, and TV personality.
Croce was also known for greeting fans personally and getting a front-row seat at home games for low-level 76ers staffers (including maintenance men, ushers, and concessionaires).
[5] He has also been featured in Inc..[7] In June 2001, Croce refused to allow former President Bill Clinton into his private box during game 3 of the NBA Finals, as it would have inconvenienced friends, family, and dedicated Sixers fans.
In 2004, he hosted his own syndicated self-help television show, Pat Croce: Moving In, which premiered on September 13, 2004, and was canceled in 2005.
As of January 2010, Croce serves on the board of directors for Movitas, a mobile technology company focused on the hospitality industry.
[12] Croce was one of the four judges for the second season of ABC's reality television series, American Inventor, which ran from June to August, 2007.
He is working on a series of historic fiction books based on the lives of pirates such as Sir Francis Drake and Henry Morgan.