Mark Steinberg
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Mark Steinberg is a sports agent who has been representing top golfers since 1992. He is currently a Partner at Excel Sports Management where he heads the professional golf division. Established in 2002, Excel Sports Management is a full-service sports management and marketing agency representing top athletes in professional basketball, baseball and golf. On June 6, 2011, Tiger Woods
announced he would be going to Excel with Steinberg. Since that announcement, Steinberg has continued to build his division, including signing three-time PGA Tour
winner Matt Kuchar
and Danielle Kang
.
Previously, he led the global golf division of the large corporate sports agency IMG
. While there, Steinberg shaped the careers of many golfers, including Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker
and Annika Sörenstam
. Steinberg has represented Tiger Woods since 1998. As the agent for Tiger Woods, Steinberg has been described as "the de facto chief executive of (Tiger's) golf and endorsement empire" and among the "three or four most powerful people in golf". Steinberg has described Mr. Woods as "one of my best friends". Steinberg parted with IMG in May 2011.
Steinberg currently sits on the following boards; Tiger Woods Foundation Board of Governors, Annika Sörenstam Foundation Board and Cleveland Sports Commission.
and attended University of Illinois as an undergraduate where he was a member of the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity
. He earned a spot on the Illinois basketball team as a walk-on and played for Illinois in the Final Four
of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
in 1989. He attended law school at University of Illinois College of Law.
and Karrie Webb
. The following year, he recruited Annika Sörenstam
to IMG. Sörenstam won the U.S. Women's Open in 1995 which lifted both Sörenstam and Steinberg into a new level of prominence. In 1998, Tiger Woods
retained Steinberg as his agent, at that time Steinberg was just 30 years old.
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
announced he would be going to Excel with Steinberg. Since that announcement, Steinberg has continued to build his division, including signing three-time PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
winner Matt Kuchar
Matt Kuchar
Matthew Gregory Kuchar is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He has ranked as high as number six in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early career:...
and Danielle Kang
Danielle Kang
Danielle Kang is an American professional golfer. As an amateur, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur twice, in 2010 and 2011.-Personal:Kang was born in San Francisco, California to K.S. Kang and Grace Lee...
.
Previously, he led the global golf division of the large corporate sports agency IMG
IMG (business)
IMG, originally known as the International Management Group is a global sports and media business headquartered in New York City.-History:...
. While there, Steinberg shaped the careers of many golfers, including Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker
Steve Stricker
Steven Stricker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour including the 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and two FedEx Cup playoff events. His most successful season on tour came in 2009, when he had three tournament victories...
and Annika Sörenstam
Annika Sörenstam
Annika Sörenstam is a Swedish-American professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer...
. Steinberg has represented Tiger Woods since 1998. As the agent for Tiger Woods, Steinberg has been described as "the de facto chief executive of (Tiger's) golf and endorsement empire" and among the "three or four most powerful people in golf". Steinberg has described Mr. Woods as "one of my best friends". Steinberg parted with IMG in May 2011.
Steinberg currently sits on the following boards; Tiger Woods Foundation Board of Governors, Annika Sörenstam Foundation Board and Cleveland Sports Commission.
Education and background
Steinberg is from Peoria, IllinoisPeoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
and attended University of Illinois as an undergraduate where he was a member of the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity
Zeta Beta Tau
Zeta Beta Tau was founded in 1898 as the nation's first Jewish fraternity, although it is no longer sectarian. Today the merged Zeta Beta Tau Brotherhood is one of the largest, numbering over 140,000 initiated Brothers, and over 90 chapter locations.-Founding:The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity was...
. He earned a spot on the Illinois basketball team as a walk-on and played for Illinois in the Final Four
Final four
Final Four isa sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament, most notably NCAA Division I college basketball tournaments. The term usually refers to the four teams who compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final round...
of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
in 1989. He attended law school at University of Illinois College of Law.
Career history
While in law school Steinberg interned at IMG and he joined IMG as an employee in 1992. He started out working in team sports and golf. In 1993 he signed the popular golfers Michelle McGannMichelle McGann
Michelle McGann is an American professional golfer.McGann was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. She was diagnosed as with juvenile diabetes at age 13 but she did not let the disease interfere with her game...
and Karrie Webb
Karrie Webb
Karrie Ann Webb AM is Australia's most successful female professional golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of...
. The following year, he recruited Annika Sörenstam
Annika Sörenstam
Annika Sörenstam is a Swedish-American professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer...
to IMG. Sörenstam won the U.S. Women's Open in 1995 which lifted both Sörenstam and Steinberg into a new level of prominence. In 1998, Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
retained Steinberg as his agent, at that time Steinberg was just 30 years old.