Nov 18, 2016 - Lew Wolff has sold his 10% stake in the Oakland Athletics to the Fisher family, which previously had owned about 80% of the Major League Baseball team. ... John J. Fisher Sells ...

As the Oakland Athletics enter 2018 with the lowest payroll in professional baseball, John J. Fisher, the majority owner of the team, is adding thousands of dollars to the coffers of Republican ...

A major owner of the Oakland Athletics in Major League Baseball (MLB), investor John Fisher has an estimated net worth of over $2.7 billion as of May 2015 according to Forbes. As a sports enthusiast, he also has stakes in San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer (MLS) and Glasgow Celtic, a Scottish football club.

John J. Fisher is the American businessman who owns the Oakland Athletics. Besides this, some people might recognize his name because he is one of the three sons of Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher, who were the co-founders of Gap Inc.

Not to stay in one place too long, they relocated to California in 1968 to become the Oakland Athletics, but have since been known more often as the A's which is less of a mouthful, and is said for the letter A that so often is seen on team uniforms.

Oakland A’s stadium proposal is not welcome at Peralta’s Laney College By Lynda Carson — November 26, 2017 Oakland - John J. Fisher is a majority owner of the Oakland Athletics major league baseball team (Oakland A’s), reportedly has a net worth of $2.9 billion as of June 2014 according to Forbes, and is a son of Gap Inc. founders Donald Fisher, and Doris F. Fisher.

But it's John J. Fisher, son of Gap founder Donald Fisher, who is quietly putting up most of the money. But his family previously bought a stake in the Giants -- and to hear his dad tell it, it ...

Purdy: Wolff outlines reasons he stepped aside, predicts Fisher will decide on A’s ballpark site soon At age 81, A’s owner was ready to become just a fan, says despite stadium frustrations ...

The Oakland Athletics, often referred to as the A's, are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The team plays its home games at the RingCentral Coliseum. They have won nine World Series championships.