Richest Sports Owners in the World – Top 20 List

It takes money to make money. This is true for many billionaires in the world who have expanded their wealth portfolio by purchasing some of the biggest sports teams in the world. This article provides a list of the 20 richest sports owners in the world along with some basic yet interesting details about them. Keep reading to know more.

Top 20 Richest Sports Owners in the World 2024

The table provides the list of the top 20 richest sports owners in the world along with their net worth, nationality, teams owned, and main source of wealth.

World’s 20 Richest Sports Owners

Check out some interesting details about the 20 richest sports owners in the world. We have already covered their names and net worth, now let’s learn a little bit more.

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1. Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer is the former CEO of Microsoft who currently owns the professional NBA team Los Angeles Clippers. He purchased the team in 2014 after placing a bid of a whopping $2 billion. This bid was the second-highest bid for a sports franchise in North American sports history at the time.

2. Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani tops the list of richest sports owners with a net worth of around $113.8B. Other than this, Ambani is also the richest person in Asia. He is the owner of the Mumbai Indians, a team in the cricket league, Indian Premier League.

3. Rob Walton

Rob Walton is best known for being the heir of the world’s largest retailer Walmart. He is one of the richest person in the world and the principal owner of the professional football team Denver Broncos of the National Football League.

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4. Mark Mateschitz

Mark Mateschitz is the son of billionaire businessman Dietrich Mateschitz who founded the energy-drink company Red Bull GmbH. After the death of his father, Mark became 49% owner of the company, and other than this also owns the Formula One team Red Bull Racing and American professional New York Red Bulls through the company.

5. François Pinault & family

François Pinault is the owner of Kering, a luxury group, and has also established an investment holding company named Artémis. His elder son François-Henri now manages the company and the family is counted among the richest in the world. The family owns the French professional football club Stade Rennais F.C.

6. Masayoshi Son

Masayoshi Son is the founder, representative director, corporate officer, chairman & CEO of an investment holding company, SoftBank Group Corp. After suffering major setbacks at the start of his career, he emerged to become of the richest persons in Japan. Masayoshi owns SoftBank Hawks, a professional Japanese baseball team.

7. James Ratcliffe

Jim Ratcliffe is the richest man in the UK and one of the richest in the world. His main source of wealth is his chemical company INEOS and other than this, he also owns a Swiss Super League football club FC Lausanne-Sport.

8. David Tepper

David Tepper is the owner of two major sports teams, Charlotte FC of Major League Soccer and NFL’s Carolina Panthers. He bought the MLS team after setting a record for the most-paid fees for a team with a total of $325 million.

9. Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen is a hedge fund manager and one of the richest sports team owners in the world. His net worth stands close to $19.8 Billion. Steve owns around 97.2% of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. He is also an art lover who owns an art collection worth around $1 billion.

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10. Daniel Gilbert

Daniel Gilbert is a billionaire businessman, and philanthropist, known for his companies Rocket Mortgage, Rock Ventures, and Quicken Loans. He also owns a number of sports franchises including the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association, Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League, and Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League.

11. Philip Anschutz

Philip Anschutz has made billions through investments in multiple sports teams, sports arenas, and also in different movies. He is considered one of the most influential persons in the sports business and has also received several awards for his contributions to the growth of sports.

12. Stanley Kroenke

Stan Kroenke is a real estate mogul and sports team owner who owns not one or two but more than 5 major teams in different fields of sports. To meet the restrictions of ownership, he held certain teams in the name of his wife Ann Walton Kroenke.

13. Jerry Jones

Jerral Wayne ‘Jerry’ Jones is the owner, general manager, and also the president of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. His major source of wealth is through his team itself and his net worth stands around $14.2 Billion.

14. Shahid Khan

Shahid Khan owns a motor vehicle components supplying company Flex-N-Gate and has made billions through his company. He has also been featured in the Forbes Billionaire list ranking at number 148 (changes on daily basis). He is the owner of the NFL team Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham F.C. of the Premier League.

17. Robert Kraft

Robert Kraft owes his net worth of billions of dollars to his manufacturing company Kraft Group and his NFL team New England Patriots. With a net worth of around $11.1 Billion, he is one of the richest persons in the world.

16. Stephen Ross

Stephen Ross has found and developed multiple companies and is one of the richest men on the earth. He is the principal owner of the National Football League team Miami Dolphins and also owns the Hard Rock Stadium.

17. John Malone

John Malone has served as the CEO of cable and media giant Tele-Communications Inc. and is the current chairman of one of the biggest mass media companies Liberty Media. He is also the largest private landowner in the US.

18. Hasso Plattner & family

Hasso Plattner is known for his software company SAP SE which he founded in 1972 with four other partners. Plattner and family own the ice hockey team San Jose Sharks and are one of the richest sports team owners in the world.

19. Tilman Fertitta

Tilman Fertitta is not just a Forbes billionaire but the magazine has also termed him the “World’s Richest Restaurateur”. He has made billions from his hospitality and entertainment corporation Landry’s, Inc, and his sports team Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association.

20. Robert Pera

Robert Pera is one of the youngest billionaires to be featured in the Forbes list. He became a billionaire through his communications technology company Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. which he founded in 2006. Pera owns the team Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association.

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