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neukom giants world series parade . -lrb- with wife sally -rrb- at the 2010 san mateo , california 1942 bill neukom 2010 crop.jpg bill neukom
 dartmouth 1967 l.l.b college , 1964 b.a. stanford law school , bill neukom
bill neukom

william horlick `` bill '' neukom -lrb- born 1942 -rrb- is a former managing general partner of the san francisco giants baseball team ownership group .
he held this position from may 2008 to december 31 , 2011 and he was the managing partner when the giants won the world series in 2010 , the first world series win since the team had moved to california in 1958 .
prior to holding this position , he was president of the american bar association in 2007 -- 08 .
he was the principal legal counsel for microsoft for almost 25 years .
he was also the chairman of the gates law firm in seattle , now part of k&l gates .
he is a member of the board of directors of the pacific council on international policy .
