Robert D. Manfred Jr. is an American lawyer and business executive serving as the tenth commissioner of Major League Baseball. He previously served as MLB’s chief operating officer. Manfred succeeded Bud Selig as a commissioner on January 25, 2015.
He joined MLB full-time in 1998, serving as the Executive Vice President of Economics and League Affairs.
At the end of the 2013 season, Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig promoted Manfred to a chief operating officer of MLB.
On March 10, Manfred and the league put the possibility of a 162-game season on the table if a deal could be met soon thereafter. That evening, the players’ union accepted an MLB proposal that allowed the two sides to explore the international draft idea and come to a decision on it by July 2022.
Rob Manfred Net Worth: Is Rob Manfred A Billionaire?
As per the Washington Post, Manfred takes home a salary of around $11 million per year.
He has annual salary raises built into his current contract – which is set to end in 2024 – when he would have been at the helm of baseball for nine years.
Celebrity Net Worth estimates that Rob Manfred’s net worth in 2022 is around the $30 million mark.
Since taking over from Bud Selig in January 2015, it’s been tough at times for Manfred. He infamously called the World Series trophy a “piece of metal” and dealt with baseball’s response when COVID-19 hit in the spring of 2020.
He’s also now dealing with the lockout after the old Collective Bargaining Agreement was ended in December 2021. Big decisions to take then, and Rob Manfred, therefore, receives a big salary as well.
Rob Manfred’s salary is on the light side when compared to Roger Goodell over at the NFL, (below). Goodell is believed to earn around $63.9 million per year for steering the NFL.
The NBA’s Adam Silver earns about $10 million, in line with Manfred, while Gary Bettman is also in the same area. The NHL Commissioner pockets about $9 million a year.