# George Shinn

> George Shinn is an American businessman. He is the former owner of the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, as well as the Charlotte Knights and Gastonia Rangers minor league baseball teams, along with the Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks, of the World League of American Football. He purchased the Hornets for $32.5 million in 1987. In 1997, he lost his bid for a potential National Hockey League (NHL) expansion franchise to be called the Hampton Roads Rhinos.

*American basketball executive*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/george-shinn

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Founder ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Founders
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1941
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

George Shinn is an American businessman. He is the former owner of the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, as well as the Charlotte Knights and Gastonia Rangers minor league baseball teams, along with the Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks, of the World League of American Football. He purchased the Hornets for $32.5 million in 1987. In 1997, he lost his bid for a potential National Hockey League (NHL) expansion franchise to be called the Hampton Roads Rhinos.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 46.5
- **Momentum:** 2.8

## Sources
- [George Shinn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Shinn)
- [Шинн, Джордж](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6)
- [چورچ شين](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86)
- [Wikiquote](https://sl.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Shinn)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4524076)

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