Net Worth: $ 2.2 billion Owns: Washington Redskins (NFL) Who’d have thought Dan Snyder would be the first to have a $100 million Superyacht with an Imax movie theatre onboard? Certainly not his college professors. The college dropout is the founder of Snyder Communications, which outsources marketing services, and is also a primary investor in Red Zebra Broadcasting.
With the success of his company, Snyder bought the legendary Washington Redskins back in 1999 for a figure that, back then, made it the most expensive purchase in sports history at the time: $800 million. They’re now worth $3.1 billion, so, not a bad investment at all.
Mukesh Ambani
Net Worth: $52.9 billion Owns: Mumbai Indians Okay, this guy has to be the richest one on our list. Mukesh Ambani runs the $88 billion revenue oil and gas giant, Reliance Industries, which sits among India’s most valuable companies. Founded by Ambani’s late father, Dhirubhai Ambani, a yarn trader, in 1966, the company’s origins were initially in textiles. Nowadays, Ambani owns the cricket team, the Mumbai Indians.
Now Asia’s richest man, Ambani is one of those fabulous rags to riches stories, and boy is he living the high life. Did you know that Ambani lives in a 27-story building that was rumored to have cost $1 billion to build?! Incredible. Oh, and of course, it’s these types of billionaires who can afford a private Beyoncé concert for their child’s wedding.
Martha Ford
Net Worth: $1.4 billion Owns: Detroit Lions The granddaughter of the founders of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Ford also has a penchant for sports teams. Well, maybe only because her husband had owned the Detroit Lions since 1963. The American businesswoman was born in Akron in 1925, making her 94 this year. The Vassar College attendee owns the NFL team, the Detroit Lions. She’s one of the wealthiest little old ladies ever, worth over $1 billion!
From 1947, Martha was married to William Clay Ford – and Ford was the youngest child of Edsel Ford and the last surviving grandchild of Henry Ford! He passed away in 2014, leaving behind a fortune, including the Detroit Lions.
Terry Pegula
Net Worth: $4.3 billion Owns: Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres Pegula holds multiple business interests, natural gas being one of them. Additional to gas development, Pegula holds real estate as well as entertainment holdings and sports teams. Namely, the NHL Buffalo Sabres and the NFL’s Buffalo Bills. Oh and he also owns the AHL’s Rochester Americans and the NLL’s Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks. Seems like a lot for one guy, right?
It seems that he’s a good sportsman too – he manages the clubs with ease, and fans are thrilled with how he’s running the clubs and taking them into the future for the next generation.
Bill Bidwill
Net Worth: $2.15 billion Owns: Arizona Cardinals The owner of the Arizona Cardinals, the Chicago-born Bill Bidwill was worth a comfortable $2.15 billion. The majority shareholder of the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL, he’s also had the longest tenure of any NFL owner, being involved in the management of the team since 1962. Sadly, Bidwill passed away just this year, aged 88. He leaves his fortune and his beloved Arizona Cardinals to his children.
Bidwill inherited the team from his parents, and his frugal business sense kept the team running in a streamlined fashion, which perhaps is a reason why he kept it in such good shape for so long. Trivia: he won the NFL Alumni Order of the Leather Helmet back in the 80s.