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OC 50 The Agent

SCOTT D. BORAS

Owner, President

Boras Corp.

Newport Beach

Born in Sacramento

Age: 66

Lives in Newport Coast

WHY: Major League Baseball dealmaker. Most powerful sports agent in a region that counts plenty of them, with the likes of Leigh Steinberg, Bruce and Ryan Tollner’s Rep1 Sports, David Dunn’s Athletes First and others based here.

HOW: Played minor league ball for Cubs and Cardinals until knees gave out; earned law degree; ex-teammate Bill Caudill, in 1984 his first client; Boras Corp. has 40 OC employees, 100 player reps globally.

RECENT: Has led the Forbes’ Sports Agent rankings for four consecutive years. Manages close to $2 billion in current contracts. This year landed client Bryce Harper a $330 million, 13-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, one of largest-ever deals in sports.

FAST FACT: Has dugout luxury box behind home plate at Angels Stadium.

QUOTABLE: The “most successful athlete advocate in the history of sports,” according to Forbes.

PERSONAL: Wife active in charitable causes for Catholic Church, JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, Sage Hill High School in Newport Coast. Grew up on 800-acre farm in Elk Grove. Baseball scholarship to University of the Pacific in Stockton. Doctorate in industrial pharmacology, law degree from University of the Pacific. Grown daughter, two sons.

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