Competitor bio:

David spent 18 seasons in Major League Baseball and 16 as President of the Miami Marlins. In 2017, he was the second-longest tenured team President in MLB and was one of only seven current Presidents to preside over a World Series champion. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a bachelor’s in Economics in 1990 and received a Juris Doctor from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City in 1993. Following law school, Samson became President and Founder of News Travels Fast, the first company to deliver the New York Times to Europe on a same-day basis. In 1996, David joined Morgan Stanley, an investment bank in New York City, a position he resigned in 1999 when he joined the Montreal Expos as Executive Vice President. David was also one of 18 contestants on the 28th season of Survivor ™. He is the only active major sports executive to appear on the show. He additionally starred as Lorne Michaels in the 2014 production entitled “Not Ready for Primetime.” This full-length feature play detailed the beginnings of “Saturday Night Live” was performed in 2013 at the New Theatre in Miami. He has completed 13 marathons, including a double marathon, and in in 2006 became the only major sports team President to complete the Hawaiian Ironman.