Earlier this year, the Tisch family -- Steve, Laurie, and Jonathan -- announced they were transferring their 45 percent ownership stake in the New York Giants to a trust for their children.
There hasn't been much news about how that would fit into the Giants' overall hierarchy, except that the three would retain their current titles. Steve will remain Chairman, Jonathan will continue as Treasurer, and Laurie will still have a seat on the board as a director.
The future of the Tisch stake in the Giants may lie in the hands of Carolyn Tisch Blodgett, Laurie Tisch's daughter and Steve and Jonathan's niece. She could play a major role in the Giants' future.
Tisch Blodgett, 41, was just six years old when her grandfather, Robert Tisch, bought 50 percent
of the Giants in 1990. She has an accomplished resume as the former head of global marketing at Peloton and is already in the sports ownership arena as the owner of Gotham FC in the National Women's Soccer League.
Tisch Blodgett said this week she has been involved with the team for “a number of years in international expansion, in fan development, in the in-game.” She also said she is ready to take the "next steps" in her role with the Giants.
"I would say for me, I’ve been involved with the team for a number of years," Tisch Blodgett said, per Front Office Sports. "But the idea when I got involved was to be able to take a kind of high-tech, growth mentality and bring it to a very mature organization like the Giants."
From the New York Post:
“I’m just really trying to get through every day, to be honest, right now,” she said. “I’m not really focused on the future. I just continue to think about how I can contribute to the team every day. And, you know, I think there’s so much work to be done when you think about what it means to bring in a new coach and bring in a new culture, the same can happen on the business side as well.
“And so I am spending a lot of time thinking about, with a winning product on the field, what does success look like from a business perspective?… What are we doing in flag football? What are we doing internationally? What are we doing with a more diverse audience? So there’s so much work to be done right now.”
Tisch Blodgett said she was also integral in the deal last September that sold off 10 percent of the club to Julia Koch and her family, for an estimated one billion dollars.
This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: New Giants co-owner addresses role after power transfer
