Brodie Van Wagenen is an American sports executive popular also as the former general manager for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. The sports executive first started his career right after college. He worked for the Chicago Bulls to sell tickets and sponsorship deals. Additionally, Wagenen also worked at Creative Artists Agency. In his professional career, he also served as a co-head of the CAA Sports baseball division. In his college days, Wagenen was the right fielder for the Stanford Cardinal baseball team. He was actively playing in the baseball team as a freshman and sophomore in 1993 and 1994 respectively. However, after he dislocated his shoulder while swinging at a pitch. In the match, he tallied only 24 at-bats in his final two seasons at Stanford.
In the year 2016, Wagenen worked as the baseball agent for Tim Tebow. Tebow is a former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback who made the transition from football to baseball. Similarly, Wagenen also represented the Mets’ Jacob deGrom. After 2 years in 2018, Wagenen interviewed for the New York Mets’ General Manager post to replace Sandy Alderson. Hence he passed the interview and started working for the Mets as their general manager. Recently in November 2020, hours after Steve Cohen closed on Mets purchase, Van Wagenen was fired. In addition, Sandy Alderson replaced him.
Caption: Brodie Van Wagenen
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Brodie Van Wagenen: Early Life, Education, and Family
Wagenen was born to his parents Cher Wagenen and Jeff Van Wagenen on 9 March 1974 in Southern California. During his childhood, he spent a lot of his time with his parents in Southern California. Talking about his parents, his father, ‘Jeff Van Wagenen’ was an American professional golfer and his mother’s details are not available. Similarly, talking about his educational qualification, Wagenen attended Crespi Carmelite High School for his high school education. After that for his higher education, he attended Stanford University. From there, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communication in 1996.
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Brodie Van Wagenen: Career and Achievements
Wagenen started pursuing his professional career right after college. He joined Chicago Bulls and as per his job, he was responsible for selling tickets and sponsorship deals. However, after some time he left that job and started working under a startup that created websites for athletes. Eventually, Wagenen became an agent for Casey Close and Mark McCormack. His first client was Randy Flores. Besides, Wagenen was a Co-Head of the CAA Sports’ Baseball division at Creative Artists Agency.
For his contribution to the sports business, in 2012, Forbes listed Wagenen to its “40 Under 40” list of “the best young talent in sports business”.
Brodie Van Wagenen: Personal life and wife
Wagenen is currently in a marital relationship with Molly. Like Wagenen, Molly also is a Stanford graduate. The couple has three children together. His wife, Molly serves on the Board of Directors for the Stanford University Athletic Department.
Caption: Wagenen with his son Jack, wife Molly, and daughter Piper during a press conference at Citi Field.
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Brodie Van Wagenen: Net Worth and social media
The sports executive has a total net worth of $5.3 Million US dollars. His main source of income is his profession as a sports executive. Similarly, talking about his social media availability, he is available on Instagram as gmbvw. Likewise, Wagenen is also accessible on Twitter as gmbvw. Wagenen has 37.8 k followers on Instagram and 59.6 k followers on Twitter.
Brodie Van Wagenen: Body measurements
The 53-year-old producer is very beautiful to look at. She holds charming facial features, dazzling brown eyes, and has fair skin. Additionally, he stands 1.70 meters tall and weighs around 79 kgs. Besides, his other body measurements are not available.
