Kevin McClatchy

Kevin S. McClatchy (born January 13, 1963) is the chairman of McClatchy and former owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. McClatchy, along with a group of investors, purchased the team in 1996 and served as the team's CEO and lead owner until 2007. He is also a director of the family-owned The McClatchy Company, which was preceded by McClatchy Newspapers. Before acquiring the Pirates, McClatchy owned the minor-league Modesto A's. Born in Sacramento, California, he is the son of C.K. McClatchy and Phebe Briggs McClatchy. Furthermore, he is the grandson of diplomat and historian George F. Kennan, and his great-grandfather Charles Kenny McClatchy was an editor of The Sacramento Bee and a founder of McClatchy Newspapers.More