John Mara

John Kevin Mara (born December 1, 1954) is the current president, CEO, and co-owner of the New York Giants.

Early life
Mara was born in New York City and grew up in White Plains, New York. He is the oldest son of Anne (née Mumm) and former Giants owner Wellington Mara. His ancestry includes Irish, German, and Canadian. He attended Iona Preparatory School in nearby New Rochelle, graduating in 1972. He received a B.S. cum laude in marketing from Boston College in 1976, followed by a law degree in 1979 from Fordham University.

New York Giants
After working as an attorney for some time, Mara joined the Giants in 1991, serving as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer until his father's death in 2005, when he assumed the team's presidency. Under John Mara and Steve Tisch, the Giants have won Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI.

Personal life
Mara is the third generation of his family to own the Giants. His grandfather, Tim, founded the team in 1925. Tim's sons, Wellington and Jack (John's uncle), inherited the team on Tim's death in 1959. Among NFL franchises, only the Chicago Bears (controlled by the Halas-McCaskey family since 1921) have been in the hands of one family longer than the Giants.

He is the uncle of Academy Award nominee, Rooney Mara.

The Mara family name used to be O'Mara and their Rooney family ancestors originate in Newry, County Down. Her paternal grandfather, Wellington Mara, was the long-time co-owner of the Giants, succeeded by her uncle, John Mara. Her maternal grandfather, Timothy James "Tim" Rooney, has run Yonkers Raceway in Yonkers, New York since 1972. Mara is the great-granddaughter of both New York Giants founder Tim Mara and Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney, Sr.