A Baseball Ownership Collective
Let’s go O’s!
Founded by lifelong friends, baseball fans and business partners, Charm City Sports Partners, LLC is a baseball ownership collective representing Michael Arougheti, Mitchell Goldstein and Michael Smith—co-owners of the Baltimore Orioles, a Major League Baseball team.
The Lineup
We focus on responsible ownership and community engagement and aim to invest in and reinvigorate the greater Baltimore region.
In The Press
Mar 2024
Major League Baseball owners today unanimously approved the sale of the Baltimore Orioles to a group led by DAVID RUBENSTEIN. Rubenstein, who announced his intent to buy the controlling stake of the Orioles from the Angelos family in January, leads a diverse investor group, which includes MICHAEL AROUGHETI, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ares Management, MITCHELL GOLDSTEIN, and MICHAEL SMITH, Co-Heads of the Ares Management Credit Group (together joint owners of Charm City Sports Partners, LLC).
Jan 2024
The Angelos family, majority owner of the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise the Baltimore Orioles, has agreed to sell a control stake in the Orioles to Baltimore native, philanthropist, and investor David M. Rubenstein for $1.725 billion.
