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.
Dan Snyder
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.
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.
Shahid Khan
Net Worth: $7.8 billion Owns: Jacksonville Jaguars Shahid Khan has a pretty incredible story. Did you know that he started out washing dishes for just over a dollar an hour? But it seems his entrepreneurial spirit and determination got him to the top and amongst the richest people in the world.
Born in Punjab, Pakistan, Khan now splits his time between Pakistan and the U.S. The owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Khan is worth a whopping $7.8 billion! As for the secret to his fortune? Well, Flex-N-Gate. In 2017, the automotive manufacturing company was worth $7.5 billion. Khan likes his sport, and also owns Fulham F.C. (EPL) and the AEW (All Elite Wrestling).
Gayle Benson
Net Worth: $2.8 billion Owns: New Orleans Saints (NFL) Now, Gayle Benson has quite a history. Some of it is slightly scandalous and controversial. We’ll cover what we can, but a quick search will have you raising your eyebrows. The owner of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints, the 72-year-old Benson took hold of the football team following her late husband Tom Benson’s death in 2018. The pair, in fact, met at a memorial service for Benson’s recently deceased wife at the time, Grace Benson. Eventually, the pair got married in 2004.
The New Orleans native’s first endeavor was in interior decorating, however, there were some slightly shifty business dealings that had her in court a few times. Nowadays, she’s living the high life, owning one of the NFL’s sports teams. In a scandalous twist, Tom Benson’s children, who assumed they would receive ownership of his assets, were left in the lurch when he signed them over to Gayle. Turns out, even after a lawsuit, Gayle emerged as the victor. Those step-kiddies must be furious!