Larry Baer

President, San Francisco Giants

A fourth generation San Franciscan, Larry Baer has gained a national reputation as one of professional sports’ leading visionaries. Baer joined the team in 1992 as the Executive Vice President and was named CEO on January 1, 2012. Baer is responsible for the overall day-to-day operations of the organization and serves as Chairman and CEO of Giants Development Services. In January 2022, he joined the Advisory Board of the American Journalism Project. Baer has served on numerous Major League Baseball Boards including Chairing the Strategic Planning Committee, the Business and Media Board and the International Committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Council and NBC Sports Bay Area and is a member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America Pacific Region Board of Trustees. He is an immediate past governing board member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2016. In 2010, Baer was the named the “Person of the Year” by San Francisco Boys and Girls Clubs, and in 2012 he was honored as the Harvard Business School’s “Alumnus of the Year.” In 2014, Baer was honored by the University of California, Berkeley with its “Excellence in Achievement” award and received the Civic Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee.