Scott Boras is an American sports agent who specializes in baseball. He has an estimated net worth of $175 million. Born Scott Dean Boras on November 2, 1952 in Sacramento, California, he grew up in Elk Grove, California. He attended the University of the Pacific on a baseball scholarship and help led the team with a .312 batting average in 1972. He made the Florida State League All-Star team in 1976. He remains in the top ten in school history in multiple offensive categories as of 2009. He was inducted into the Pacific Athletics Hall of Fame in 1995. The baseball team’s annual “Most Improved Player” award is named in his honor.

Boras played four years of minor league baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs organizations after college. However, due to knee problems, he retired with a career batting average of .288. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of the Pacific in 1977. In 1982, he returned to the University of the Pacific and earned his law degree from the university’s McGeorge School of Law.

Scott Boras is the founder, owner and president of the Boras Corporation. It is a sports agency based in Newport Beach, California that represents roughly 175 professional baseball clients and many of them are the highest-profile players. Since 1982, he has brokered many record-setting contracts including highest paid players Prince Fielder, Matt Holliday, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Magglio Ordonez, Alex Rodriguez, Stephen Strasburg, Jayson Werth and Barry Zito.