Who is Chris Mara?

Chris Mara, who is in his 20th season in his second stint with the Giants, is the team’s senior player personnel executive. Mara joined the Giants as vice president of player evaluation on July 29, 2003. He was promoted in 2011 to senior vice president of player personnel and received his current tile this year.

Where did the Mara family get their money?

Raised in a poverty-stricken family headed by his widowed mother, Mara fell into the bookmaking world as a teenager to earn money. Gambling was a legal activity in New York at that time, and by his early 20s Mara had his own bookmaking operation at Belmont racetrack, near New York City.

What does the Mara family own?

The Mara family is an Irish-American family primarily known for owning the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) since the formation of the franchise in 1925.

Does Chris Mara own the Giants?

In fact, the Giants changed Chris Mara’s title from “senior vice president of player personnel” to “senior personnel consultant.” This indicates he won’t have much of a say when it comes to personnel decisions, leaving the big ideas to Schoen and Co. Chris is a partial owner of the Giants along with his family members.