Jamie McCourt

Jamie D. McCourt ( Luskin; born December 5, 1953) is the former United States Ambassador to France and Monaco who served from 2017 to 2021.

McCourt earned a B.A. degree in French at Georgetown University (1975), a J.D. degree at the University of Maryland School of Law (1978) and an M.B.A. degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

She also attended La Sorbonne and studied culinary arts in Aix-en-Provence.

For fifteen years she was a practicing attorney, engaged in international and securities law in New York City as well as in corporate, real estate, and family law in Boston.

She then spent ten years as vice president and general counsel of the McCourt Co., the family real estate development firm in Boston.

As a 17-year-old freshman at Georgetown University, she met Frank McCourt, whom she would marry in 1979.

She became the highest-ranking woman in Major League Baseball, appointed first as vice chairman of the Dodgers in 2004, then president in 2005, and finally CEO in 2009.

Jamie McCourt (née Luskin) was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Jewish parents.

Her father, Jack Luskin, ran the Luskin's chain of appliance stores in Maryland.

She relocated from Boston to Los Angeles in 2004 to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers and also joined the Dodgers' front-office organization as an executive after the team was acquired.

In 2004, the McCourts purchased the Los Angeles Dodgers.

From 2004 to 2012, McCourt was the president and CEO of the Dodgers.

The team and stadium assets were purchased for $430 million in 2004 and were valued at $722 million in 2009 (according to Forbes), a theoretical increase in value of $292 million (68%) in five years.

Jamie McCourt was represented in the divorce by trial lawyer David Boies.

She began as vice chairman, became president in 2005 and then CEO in 2009.

Under her leadership, the Dodgers set a club record for single season attendance and won back-to back division titles for the first time in 30 years.

In September 2008, the McCourts purchased the Los Angeles Marathon.

She was a visiting professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Her course, "The Pursuit of Leadership: A Female Perspective," was designed for women and, according to the UCLA Newsroom, was considered one of the most popular courses in the Anderson School curriculum.

In 2009, McCourt launched Jamie Enterprises.

She has invested in high-value real estate, biotech and tech start ups.

Investments include ZipCar, Kite Pharma and Heal.

In October and November 2009 the McCourts separated and later commenced divorce proceedings.

Frank McCourt claiming in a 664-page court filing that he fired Jamie McCourt as the club’s chief executive in part for having an affair with her driver, who was employed by the Dodgers.

His attorneys also alleged that the two spent 2 and a half weeks in France that summer and billed the team for the trip.

Their respective attorneys publicly identified a dispute as to whether the Dodgers assets were community property (i.e. owned 50% by Jamie McCourt), or were separate property, 100% owned by Frank McCourt.

On December 7, 2010, Superior Court Judge Gordon ruled that a postnuptial agreement giving Frank McCourt sole ownership was invalid due to a switched document proving Jamie's 50% ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

On October 17, 2011, it was announced that the McCourts had reached a settlement dividing their assets equally whereby Jamie McCourt would receive about $130 million and renounce her claims on the team.

This settlement ended what is widely believed to be the costliest divorce in California history.

Three months later, Frank McCourt sold the Dodgers for $2.1 billion.

In 2013, she bought a 22-acre vineyard estate in Napa Valley, California Rutherford region for $11.25 million with the intention of both living there part-time and continuing to produce the property's wine.

Jamie McCourt sued Frank for $770 million in 2013, alleging that he had undervalued the team during the divorce settlement.

In 2015, she was a keynote speaker at the Sloan Women in Management conference at MIT where she shared her personal story and called for women to seek a secure financial future.

McCourt also spoke at institutions such as Harvard and Columbia University encouraging women to be financially self-sufficient and in control of their finances.

As of 2016, she planned to produce a cabernet sauvignon for release in 2017.

In 2016, McCourt served as Presidential Trustee and California State Co-Chair for Trump Victory.

She then was on the Transition Finance Committee for then President-Elect Donald Trump.

She was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in on November 2, 2017.

Ambassador McCourt is also the United States Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe.

McCourt is the founder and CEO of Jamie Enterprises and a former executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers.