Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
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Nelson Doubleday, Jr. (b. July 20, 1933) was the president of Doubleday. He was instrumental in the company's purchase of the New York Mets in 1980. He served as chairman of the Mets' board during the team's rise to its 1986 World Series title. In 1986, he and Fred Wilpon bought the team from the publishing company for $100 million, a record at the time. At the same time, Doubleday sold the publishing company to Bertelsmann A.G. for a reported $475 million. In 2002, Doubleday sold his stake in the Mets to Wilpon.
The grandson of Frank Nelson Doubleday and Neltje Blanchan, the son of Nelson Doubleday, and the great-great-grandnephew of Abner Doubleday, he grew up with his sister Neltje (now Neltje Kings) in Oyster Bay, Long Island. While still an infant, Rudyard Kipling dedicated his poem "If" to him. Kipling was one of Doubleday's authors.
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