Career
He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Incorporated, a San Diego beer distributorship. The group, headed by then-Padres chief executive Jeff Moorad, attempted to buy the Padres from controlling owner John Moores for $530 million, but the deal fell through in April 2012. Fowler then replaced Moorad as the general partner of the minority group, and he served on the Padres executive committee.
Fowler joined a new group to purchase the Padres that included four heirs to the O’Malley family—who owned the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise for five decades.
Peter and Tom Seidler are the nephews of Peter O’Malley. MLB approved the $800 million sale, which completed on August 28, 2012.
As much as $200 million of the sale price included the team"s 20-percent stake in Fox Sports San Diego, a cable channel that pays the Padres annual fees as part of a $1.2 billion, 20-year agreement. Fowler was named the ownership group"s executive chairman and was designated to represent the Padres in all league meetings
He became the first locally based control person of the team since founding owner C. Arnholdt Smith.
Fowler is the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of privately held Incorporated., the parent company of operating entities in California and Colorado. The investment group distributes Miller, Coors, Heineken and other beer brands and has annual sales exceeding $220 million. He also chaired San Diego"s first task force that selected a site for what was eventually Petco Park, and he chaired the host committee for Super Bowl XXXVII held in Qualcomm Stadium in 2003.