He is the key man of the RedBird-Milan operation. He was the first to see the potential of investments in sport for the American fund: from 2016 to 2020 he followed 80 clubs in nine different countries, identifying Toulouse as the first step towards the world of football in our continent
If Gerry Cardinale is the driving force behind RedBird Capital, as well as of course being its founder, the most important figure of the American fund as regards its investments in sports is Alec Scheiner. A very respectable curriculum for Cardinale’s right-hand man, a law graduate with honors from Georgetown University, who began his career starting from the Dallas Cowboys legal office to quickly become a point of reference for the Texan NFL franchise.