Sidney Weil

Sidney Weil (December 23, 1891 – January 14, 1966) was an American business executive and salesperson, who owned the Cincinnati Reds of the National League within Major League Baseball (MLB) for four seasons at the beginning of the 1930s.

Biography Late in the 1929 season, Weil secretly acquired enough shares of the Cincinnati Reds to become the majority owner. In November 1933, Weil's majority ownership of the Reds was taken over by the Central Trust Bank. Powel Crosley Jr. bought the team in February 1934.

Weil was an executive of an auto sales company before buying the Reds. His wife, Florence, died in 1998 at the age of 104. His son, Irwin, became a professor of Russian literature at Northwestern University.