0 0 0 0 0 By Chris Olds| Beckett Baseball Editor Upper Deck co-founder and CEO Richard P. McWilliam died Saturday of unknown causes at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., the company announced on Monday. The company has named Jason Masherah as president. He had been running the day-to-day operations of the company for the past year or so following McWilliam’s health issues battling heart disease and having open heart surgery in 2008. “Our entire company is heartbroken and grieving his death today,” said Masherah, who focused on the Upper Deck legacy in one of his statements. ![]() [Download] [OFFICIAL] Nikon ViewNX 2.9.0 x32/x64 Pro Full Version Cracked Unlimited Usage Serial Key Activated Setup [Telecharger] 02 DJ Drama Fabolous Wiz Khalifa. Telecharger Serial Founder 2011. Browse By Author: R - Project Gutenberg. Alcofrybas, Maistre. Nasier, Alcofribas. Gargantua and. “Richard was a thought leader and visionary in the trading card industry,” Masherah said. “It grew from a hobby for some baseball fans into a multi-billion dollar industry because of the multiple innovations that Upper Deck introduced under his leadership. He built a company that has weathered difficult times for the entire industry and is well positioned for future success.” Upper Deck arrived on the baseball scene in 1989 with a higher-end approach to card-making with tamper-proof packaging, randomly sequenced packs and holograms that prevented counterfeiting of the cards. It added NHL, NBA and NFL licenses in the following years and helped usher in some of the hobby’s innovations such as certified autographs and game-used memorabilia cards on a widespread basis, though the company was not the first in some instances. Masherah said he is prepared to build upon that legacy. “However, he built a company with a strong management team, a focus on quality, and an expanding array of successful products. Upper Deck is well positioned to continue its growth and success, and I am honored to have been chosen to lead the company,” he said. “We have strong business partners, an outstanding group of professional athletes who serve as exclusive spokesmen for Upper Deck, and a proven ability to innovate and change to meet new and different market environments.” While McWilliam was an aggressive businessman whose dealings early on were documented in the book Card Sharks, many of those he worked with in the industry were surprised and saddened by the news. Adam Martin of Dave & Adam’s Card World credited McWilliam’s belief in his company as an online seller — rather than a traditional candy wholesaler or card distributor — for some of his success in the industry.
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