Executive profile: Laurence Baer. (executive vice president of the San Francisco Giants football team in California)

Name: Laurence Baer.

Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer.

Company: San Francisco Giants, the Major League Baseball team. Also, President, China Basin Ballpark Co.

Education: A.B. degree in political science from the University of California at Berkeley; M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Residence: San Francisco.

BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY

Essential business philosophy: The customer is king. You have to understand your customers, treat them well, nurture your relationships with them, and always, always, always give back to the community.

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