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WATCH: Fans chant for Josh Harris as he signs autographs

There were “Thank you, Josh” chants for Harris.

Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris was present for Thursday’s second day of training camp. Harris and minority partner Mitchell Rales watched practice Wednesday and later spoke to the entire team.

The most significant difference between Wednesday and Thursday is fans were present. And fans serenaded Harris with “Thank you, Josh” chants as he signed autographs and took pictures with them.

Rales also joined Harris again on Thursday, as did Harris’ childhood friend — and another of his minority partners — Mark Ein.

No owner in recent history is as popular as Harris is to Washington fans. One, he’s not Dan Snyder. Secondly, he shares the same passion as Washington fans, having grown up a fan of the team, much like Rales and Ein.

Harris continues to do all the right things, and fans can’t get enough of the new ownership group.

New Commanders minority owner Mark Ein: Harris ‘will be the best owner this town has ever seen’

Winning championships, making the Commanders a franchise that fans can be proud of and creating memories are some of the goals for Washington’s new owners.

Josh Harris is officially the new owner of the Washington Commanders. Harris was approved as Washington’s new owner at the NFL owners meetings in Minneapolis and spoke to the media after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell introduced him.

On Thursday, Harris was front and center as Washington’s majority owner and managing partner. However, Harris has plenty of minority owners.

One of those minority owners is Mark Ein. Ein is not only a successful investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist but also a sports owner himself. Ein is the owner of the Washington Kastles of World TeamTennis.

Ein’s connection to Harris goes back to their days as childhood friends. On Thursday, Ein spoke to Alex Flum of DCNewsNow about Harris and the Commanders.

“I literally remember us both wearing our Redskins jackets when we were kids,” Ein said. “He’s going to be the best owner this town has ever seen. We’re all here to support him, and we’re going to make this a franchise people are really proud of.”

How can Washington can back to its glory days?

“There’s so much that needs to happen, but you just have to look for long-term excellence, have a great organization, a strong set of values, and align everyone around them. And that’s how great things happen.”

What about the fans?

“We’re just looking forward,” Ein said. “Looking forward to creating amazing experiences and memories for our fans, winning championships, helping the community and making this the franchise that everyone can be proud of.”

Mark Ein hopes to make the Commanders beloved again

Mark Ein said some of his best childhood memories were going to RFK with his father.

Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils owner Josh Harris put together an impressive ownership group in his quest to buy the Washington Commanders. Harris thanked all of his partners in a statement Friday after he and current owner Daniel Snyder agreed to a deal to sell the franchise.

These are the known names from the Harris group’s purchase of the Commanders.

  • Mitchell Rales
  • Earvin “Magic” Johnson
  • David Blitzer
  • Mark Ein
  • Alejandro Santo Domingo
  • Lee Ainslie
  • Mitchell Morgan
  • Eric Schmidt
  • Eric Holoman
  • Michael Li
  • Andy Snyder

Each of Harris’ partners comes from a different yet extremely successful background, and many have strong local ties to the DMV.

One of those is Ein, an investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist who happens to be a lifelong friend of Harris. The pair grew up together in Montgomery County, having met in kindergarten. Ein took to Twitter to share his excitement about partnering with Harris and others.

DC businessman, philanthropist Mark Ein is one of Josh Harris’ limited partners in bid for Commanders

Ein played a key role in connecting Harris with Mitchell Rales.

Earlier this week, Mike Ozanian of Forbes gave some insight into Josh Harris’ $6.05 billion bid for the Washington Commanders.

Harris, who owns the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and NHL’s New Jersey Devils, is a Maryland native who attended the Field School in Washington, D.C., and would own 30% of the Commanders once his bid is finalized.

D.C. businessman and philanthropist Mitchell Rales would own 12%, and NBA legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson would own 4% of the team. What about the other 54%?

The remaining percentage would be split up between 15 other minority investors, meaning the Commanders’ new ownership group, led by Harris, would consist of 18 individuals.

At a 76ers’ playoff game this week, Rales was seen sitting with Harris behind the Philadelphia bench, and another familiar face was seated with them. That would be successful businessman and philanthropist Mark Ein.

Who is Ein?

He owns the Washington Kastles, a Washington, D.C., World Team Tennis franchise, and is the executive chairman of Kastle Systems, a security firm. Over the course of his career, Ein has been a successful investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

But perhaps Ein’s most significant contribution to Harris’ bid isn’t his actual investment but his relationship with Harris. It was Ein who introduced Harris to Rales, according to Scott Abraham of ABC 7 in Washington.

Ein and Harris are childhood friends growing up together in Maryland. They also attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania together.

Ein is also friends with Rales, making him a central figure in the Commanders’ bid.

Harris and his group sent their bid to the NFL for review. The next step will be for the NFL to send the bid back to Harris and Daniel Snyder for their signatures. At that point, all that would remain is the other NFL owners voting to approve the sale, which is viewed as a given.

With all of the franchise’s failures throughout the years, fans should be excited about the prospect of Harris and his impressive group of partners becoming the next owners of the Commanders.